Fathers and Domestic Violence: Building Motivation for Change through Perpetrator Programmes

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 264-274

  Stanley, Nicky ^a   Graham Kevan, Nicola ^a   Borthwick, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Fathers; Interpersonal violence; Perpetrator programmes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865590826     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.2222     Document Type: Article

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