Intimate partner violence at the scene: Incident characteristics and implications for public health surveillance

Evaluation Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-136

  Joshi, Manisha ^a   Sorenson, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compstat system; Injury; Intimate partner violence; Law enforcement; Police

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949521288     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X09360323     Document Type: Article

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