Predicting Case Outcomes and Women’s Perceptions of the Legal System’s Response to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: Does Interaction Between Community Agencies Matter?

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-233

  Zweig, Janine M ^a   Burt, Martha R ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

community coordination; domestic violence; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548849786     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403405280944     Document Type: Article

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