Domestic violence statutes and rates of intimate partner and family homicide: A research note

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-130

  Bridges, Stephen F ^a   Tatum, Kimberly M ^a   Kunselman, Julie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Domestic violence homicide; Domestic violence policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049116082     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403407309038     Document Type: Article

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