"you can't bite the hand...": Domestic violence and human rights

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-43

  Morgaine, Karen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Human rights; Qualitative research; Social movements; U.S. exceptionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149144311     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109908326742     Document Type: Article

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