Intimate partner violence: Current issues in definitions and interventions with perpetrators in the UK

Forensic Psychology: Concepts, Debates and Practice: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 351-377

  Gilchrist, Elizabeth A ^a   Kebbell, Mark R ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Australian Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203833308     Document Type: Chapter

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