Domestic violence perpetrator programs in europe, part I: A survey of current practice

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1189-1205

  Hamilton, Leah ^a   Koehler, Johann A ^a   Lösel, Friedrich A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cross cultural; domestic violence; intervention; rehabilitation; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-CULTURAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION; SURVEY;

CROSS-CULTURAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; INTERVENTION; REHABILITATION; SURVEY;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84884231883     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X12469506     Document Type: Review

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