The case against the role of gender in intimate partner violence

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-104

  Dutton, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMINISM; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LABORATORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NOTE; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; TERRORISM; VICTIM;

EID: 84455191828     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2011.09.002     Document Type: Note

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