Exporting U.S. Domestic Violence Reforms: An Analysis of Human Rights Frameworks and U.S. “Best Practices”

feminist criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-206

  Erwin, Patricia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; human rights; legal reform; women's rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548460943     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085106290271     Document Type: Article

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