Wife Abuse in Tajikistan

feminist criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-270

  Haarr, Robin N ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; international domestic violence; Tajikistan; wife abuse; women in Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749085909     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085107302869     Document Type: Article

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