Risk of Death or Life-Threatening Injury for Women with Children Not Sired by the Abuser

Human Nature

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-97

  Miner, Emily J ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^b   Block, Carolyn Rebecca ^c   Starratt, Valerie G ^d   Weekes Shackelford, Viviana A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Intimate partner abuse; Intimate partner homicide; Stepchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JEALOUSY; MALE; PARENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JEALOUSY; MALE; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84859442124     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-012-9129-9     Document Type: Article

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