How children and their caregivers adjust after intimate partner femicide

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-124

  Hardesty, Jennifer L ^a   Campbell, Jacquelyn C ^b   McFarlane, Judith M ^c   Lewandowski, Linda A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child exposure to violence; Domestic violence; Family crisis; Family stress theory; Intimate partner femicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249008063     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07307845     Document Type: Article

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