Predicting potentially life-threatening partner violence by women toward men: A preliminary analysis

Violence and Victims

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 751-771

  Hines, Denise A ^a   Douglas, Emily M ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Female perpetrators; Intimate partner violence; Male victims; Severe violence

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884933745     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00104     Document Type: Article

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