Desistance from intimate partner violence: A critical review

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 271-280

  Walker, Kate ^a   Bowen, Erica ^a   Brown, Sarah ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desistance; Intimate partner violence; Protective factors; Risk factors; Typologies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; DESISTANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; IMPULSIVENESS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84873726701     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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