Reframing violence against women as a human rights violation: Evan Stark's coercive control

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1477-1489

  Libal, Kathryn ^a   Parekh, Serena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Human rights; U.S. exceptionalism; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

BATTERED WOMEN; COERCION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70449637280     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209346958     Document Type: Article

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