The policing of domestic violence in rural and urban areas: The voices of battered women in Kentucky

Policing and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-317

  Websdale, Neil ^a   Johnson, Byron ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Policing; Rural; Urban; Women's perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937258478     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.1997.9964759     Document Type: Article

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