Current policy on domestic violence: A move in the right direction or a step too far

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 226-248

  Welsh, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime prevention; Domestic violence; Gender; Policy; Responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887550993     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpcs.2008.7     Document Type: Article

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