Understanding a new typology of batterers: Implications for treatment

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-97

  Chiffriller, Sheila H ^a   Hennessy, James J ^b   Zappone, Melinda ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer; Cluster analysis; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Spouse abuse; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547826589     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880500263182     Document Type: Article

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