State Employment Protection Statutes for Victims of Domestic Violence: Public Policy's Response to Domestic Violence as an Employment Matter

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 587-619

  Swanberg, Jennifer E ^a   Ojha, Mamta U ^b   Macke, Caroline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; economic security; employment; law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84857423068     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260511421668     Document Type: Article

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