Community effects on women’s help-seeking behaviour for intimate partner violence in India: gender disparity, feminist theory, and empowerment

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 79-94

  Hayes, Brittany E ^a   Franklin, Cortney A ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

empowerment; feminist theory; gender disparity; Help seeking; India; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987903726     PISSN: 01924036     EISSN: 21576475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2016.1233443     Document Type: Article

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