Characteristics of domestic violence offenders: Associations with childhood exposure to violence

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 523-532

  Murrell, Amy R ^a   Christoff, Karen A ^b   Henning, Kris R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Modeling; Offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547749825     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9100-4     Document Type: Article

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