Losing the "gender" in gender-based violence: The missteps of research on dating and intimate partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-354

  Reed, Elizabeth ^a   Raj, Anita ^b   Miller, Elizabeth ^c   Silverman, Jay G ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Dating violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NOTE; RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 76249108151     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209361127     Document Type: Note

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