Give me shelter: Temporal patterns of women fleeing domestic abuse

Human Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-260

  Oths, Kathryn S ^a   Robertson, Tara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Shelter; Social structural constraints; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

SHELTER; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849123424     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.66.3.eh63829q28348m0q     Document Type: Article

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