Intimate Partner Violence: Victims' Opinions About Going to Trial

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 765-776

  Hare, Sara C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Court; Criminal justice; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649325448     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9334-4     Document Type: Article

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