Men's self-reported descriptions and precipitants of domestic violence perpetration as reported in intake evaluations

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Fenton, Becky ^a   Rathus, Jill H ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Interviews; Male perpetrators; Precipitants; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951207383     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-009-9278-8     Document Type: Article

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