Batterer intervention programs: A report from the field

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 757-770

  Price, Bethany J ^a   Rosenbaum, Alan ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; PHILOSOPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 72449211871     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.6.757     Document Type: Article

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