Intimate partner violence victims' accuracy in assessing their risk of Re-abuse

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 429-440

  Cattaneo, Lauren Bennett ^a   Bell, Margret E ^b   Goodman, Lisa A ^c   Dutton, Mary Ann ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Danger assessment; Intimate partner violence; Optimistic bias; Re abuse; Risk perception; Victim accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547165956     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9097-8     Document Type: Article

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