Removing Guns From Batterers: Findings From a Pilot Survey of Domestic Violence Restraining Order Recipients in California

Violence Against Women

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 602-616

  Vittes, Katherine A ^a   Webster, Daniel W ^a   Frattaroli, Shannon ^a   Claire, Barbara E ^b   Wintemute, Garen J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence policy; firearms; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMAN; CRIMINAL LAW; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POLICY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POLICY; FIREARMS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE;

ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMEN; CALIFORNIA; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84879801829     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801213490561     Document Type: Article

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