An Empirical Test of Feminist Theory and Research: The Effect of Heterogeneous Gender-Role Attitudes on Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence

feminist criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-244

  Herzog, Sergio ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

attitudes toward women; feminist theory; gender role attitudes; interpersonal violence; intimate violence; sexism; violence against women

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149341567     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085107301836     Document Type: Article

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