Perceived neighborhood social disorder and attitudes toward domestic violence against women among Latin-American immigrants

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-43

  Gracia, Enrique ^a   Herrero, Juan ^b   Lila, Marisol ^a   Fuente, Asur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Domestic violence against women.; Immigration; Neighbourhood; Social disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149094188     PISSN: 18891861     EISSN: 19894007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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