A battered women's movement perspective of coercive control

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1432-1443

  Arnold, Gretchen ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women's movement; Coercive control; Domestic violence; Feminist movements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

BATTERED WOMEN; COERCION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC POLICY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 70449658910     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209346836     Document Type: Article

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