Toward evidence-based practice with domestic violence perpetrators

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-130

  Corvo, Kenneth ^a   Dutton, Donald ^b   Chen, Wan Yi ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Forensic mental health; Program evaluation; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG ABUSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMINISM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MODEL; OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUAL ABUSE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 65749266050     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770801921246     Document Type: Review

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