Gender differences in the nature of the intimate partner violence and effects of perpetrator arrest on revictimization

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-400

  Cho, Hyunkag ^a   Wilke, Dina J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; Gender differences; Intimate partner violence; Police; Revictimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951207040     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-009-9300-1     Document Type: Article

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