Responding to violence against women: Social science contributions to legal solutions

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-247

  Portwood, Sharon G ^a   Heany, Julia Finkel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATERNALISM; RESEARCH; SEXISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGIST; SOCIOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247522276     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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