Under the radar: Policing non-violent domestic abuse in the US and UK

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 195-208

  Robinson, Amanda L ^a   Pinchevsky, Gillian M ^b   Guthrie, Jennifer A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

coercive control; Domestic abuse; domestic violence; intimate partner violence; policing; UK; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947783855     PISSN: 01924036     EISSN: 21576475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2015.1114001     Document Type: Article

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