One Size Fits All? A Gender-Neutral Approach to a Gender-Specific Problem: Contrasting Batterer Treatment Programs for Male and Female Offenders

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 336-359

  Miller, Susan L ^a   Gregory, Carol ^b   Iovanni, Leeann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

batterer; gender; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247662384     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403404273944     Document Type: Article

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