Intimate partner violence victim and perpetrator characteristics among couples in the United States

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-518

  Caetano, Raul ^a   Vaeth, Patrice A C ^a   Ramisetty Mikler, Suhasini ^a  

^a University of Texas at   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; National sample; Perpetration; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449109007     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-008-9178-3     Document Type: Article

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