Intimate partner violence offenders: Generating a data-based typology of batterers and implications for treatment

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-139

  Cunha, Olga ^a   Gonçalves, Rui Abrunhosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Batterer treatment; Batterer typology; Community order; Intimate partner violence; Prisoninmate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883607509     PISSN: 18891861     EISSN: 19894007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5093/ejpalc2013a2     Document Type: Article

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