Domestic violence perpetrator programs in Europe, part ii: A systematic review of the state of evidence

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1206-1225

  Akoensi, Thomas D ^a   Koehler, Johann A ^a   Lösel, Friedrich ^a,b   Humphreys, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cross cultural; domestic violence; intervention; rehabilitation; systematic review

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; CROSS-CULTURAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CROSS-CULTURAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; INTERVENTION; REHABILITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EUROPE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC;

EID: 84884255409     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X12468110     Document Type: Review

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