Women's abuse of their children in the context on domestic violence: Reflection from women's accounts

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-21

  Damant, Dominique ^a   Lapierre, Simon ^b   Lebossé, Catherine ^c   Thibault, Sylvie ^c   Lessard, Geneviève ^c   Hamelin Brabant, Louise ^c   Lavergne, Chantal ^d   Fortin, Andrée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Institut de Recherche sur le Développement Social des Jeunes   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Domestic violence; Mothering

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049109577     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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