Lessons from a successful and failed random assignment testing batterer program innovations

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-376

  Gondolf, Edward W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling program; Domestic violence; Experimental evaluation; Implementation problems; Random assignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149500597     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-010-9104-6     Document Type: Article

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