Challenging Ethnocentric Explanations of Domestic Violence: Let Us Decide, Then Value Our Decisions—a Samoan Response

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-214

  Crichton Hill, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

domestic violence; Duluth power and control wheel; Samoan culture; social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997907289     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838001002003001     Document Type: Article

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