Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Why Victims are More at Risk

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 526-535

  Tesch, Brian ^a   Bekerian, Debra ^a   English, Peter ^b   Harrington, Evan ^c  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; GLBT issues; police officer response; same sex domestic violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866310618     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2010.12.4.204     Document Type: Article

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