Women domestic violence offenders: Lessons of violence and survival

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 47-68

  Seamans, Cindy L ^a   Rubin, Linda J ^a   Stabb, Sally D ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Gender; Offenders

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; PARENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DEFENSE; SURVIVAL; VICTIM; WITNESS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEXAS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84905811416     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v08n02_04     Document Type: Article

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