Marking 35 years of research on same-sex intimate partner violence: Lessons and new directions

Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 65-85

  Messinger, Adam M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Gay; Lesbian; Partner violence; Same sex; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931023166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9188-0_4     Document Type: Chapter

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