Critiquing the case for marriage promotion : How the promarriage movement misrepresents domestic violence research

Violence Against Women

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1226-1244

  Catlett, Beth Skilken ^a,b   Artis, Julie E ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Women and Gender Research Initiative

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Marriage promotion policies; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044234935     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204268998     Document Type: Review

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