The police reporting behavior of intimate partner violence victims

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-171

  Akers, Caroline ^a   Kaukinen, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Marital dependency; Police reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849128096     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-008-9213-4     Document Type: Article

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