Welfare Indignities: Homeless Women, Domestic Violence, and Welfare Reform in San Francisco

Gender Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-209

  Roschelle, Anne R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Homeless families; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849127434     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-008-9061-9     Document Type: Article

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