From the inside out: Efforts by homeless women to disrupt cycles of crime and violence

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-234

  Wesely, Jennifer K ^a   Wright, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood victimization; Cycle of violence; Domestic violence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 70649095196     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08974450903001552     Document Type: Article

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