Who does what to whom? Gender and domestic violence perpetrators in English police records

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 623-637

  Hester, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence perpetrators; England; gender; longitudinal narrative; police

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883649341     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370813479078     Document Type: Article

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