"How would that help our work?": The intersection of domestic violence and human rights in the united states

Violence Against Women

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-27

  Morgaine, Karen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; human rights; White privilege

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 78650784873     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209347749     Document Type: Article

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