Pathways of Victimization and Resistance: Toward a Feminist Theory of Battered Women's Help-Seeking

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-346

  Burgess Proctor, Amanda ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

battered women; feminist pathways; help seeking; intimate partner abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861567242     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.553727     Document Type: Article

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