Intimate terrorism by women towards men: Does it exist?

Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 36-56

  Hines, Denise A ^a   Douglas, Emily M ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common couple violence; Female perpetrators; Female violence; Female to male violence; Intimate partner violence; Intimate terrorism; Male victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954550448     PISSN: 17596599     EISSN: 20428715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/jacpr.2010.0335     Document Type: Article

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