Women's perceptions of safety and risk following police intervention for intimate partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-63

  Dichter, Melissa E ^a   Gelles, Richard J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

battering; intimate partner violence; revictimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CRIMINAL LAW; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIMINAL LAW; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858053107     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801212437016     Document Type: Article

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