Rethinking the problem of policing marital violence: A singapore perspective

Policing and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 173-190

  Ganapathy, Narayanan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Marital Violence; Police Response; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993710761     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460290018454     Document Type: Article

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