'I had a Hard Life': Exploring childhood adversity in the shaping of masculinities among men who killed an intimate partner in South Africa

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 960-977

  Mathews, Shanaaz ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^b   Abrahams, Naeemah ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

child abuse; intimate partner homicide; intimate partner violence; male violence; masculinity; parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054945467     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azr051     Document Type: Article

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