"Why doesn't she just leave?": Belonging, disruption and domestic violence

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-72

  Murray, Suellen ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; SOCIAL POLICY; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38649127554     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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