Monsters and victims: Male felons' accounts of intimate partner violence

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 555-576

  Wood, Julia T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Accounts; Gender; Intimate partner violence; Manhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444221288     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504045887     Document Type: Article

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