Immigration, masculinity, and intimate partner violence from the standpoint of domestic violence service providers and Vietnamese-origin women

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-215

  Bui, Hoan ^a   Morash, Merry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Gender identity; Hegemonic masculinity; Immigration resettlement; Intimate partner violence; Masculinity; Service providers; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749099747     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085108321500     Document Type: Article

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