Assessing Stalking Behaviors in a Control Balance Theory Framework

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 737-762

  Nobles, Matt R ^a   Fox, Kathleen A ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

control balance theory; gender differences; perpetration; stalking; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878637684     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813475346     Document Type: Article

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