Portrayal of Women as Intimate Partner Domestic Violence Perpetrators

Violence Against Women

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1067-1082

  Hester, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

criminal justice; domestic abuse; female perpetrators; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POLICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEN; POLICE; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 84868151539     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801212461428     Document Type: Article

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