Convicted survivors: Comparing and describing California's battered women inmates

Prison Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-86

  Leonard, Elizabeth Dermody ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34247740077     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885501081001006     Document Type: Article

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