Violence against separated, divorced, and married women in Canada, 2004

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 308-329

  Brownridge, Douglas A ^a,b   Hiebert Murphy, Diane ^c   Ristock, Janice ^a   Chan, Ko Ling ^d   Tiwari, Agnes ^b   Tyler, Kimberly A ^e   Santos, Susy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Faculty of Social Work

^d Department of Social Work and Social Administration ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Divorce; Separation; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849124479     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10502550802222121     Document Type: Article

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