Victim-defendants in mandated treatment: An ethical quandary

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 75-93

  Gardner, Donna ^a  

^a Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Arrest of victims; Battered women's use of violence; Intimate partner violence; Treatment of arrested women

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; REVIEW; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 57749160362     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770802097244     Document Type: Review

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