Public Justification of Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of the Literature

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-175

  Waltermaurer, Eve ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; domestic violence and cultural contexts; perceptions of domestic violence

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW;

CULTURE; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84862686940     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838012447699     Document Type: Review

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