Protection, manipulation or interference with relationships? Discourse analysis of New Zealand lawyers' talk about supervised access and partner violence

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 458-473

  Pond, Rachael ^a   Morgan, Mandy ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child access; Child exposure to partner violence; Discourse analysis; Domestic violence; Domestic violence act 1995; Feminist poststructuralism; Lawyers; Partner violence; Supervised access

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249144431     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.948     Document Type: Article

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