Family Violence and Co-occurring Risk Factors for Children Exposed to Violence

Violence in Context: Current Evidence on Risk, Protection, and Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Herrenkohl, Todd I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Community violence; Development; Family violence; Gender differences; Impact of violence exposure; Overlap in violence; Race and ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195369595.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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