Pink or blue... black and blue? Examining pregnancy as a predictor of intimate partner violence and femicide

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1273-1293

  Taylor, Rae ^a   Nabors, Erin L ^b  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Homicide; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70350514575     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209346714     Document Type: Article

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