Does batterer treatment reduce violence?: A synthesis of the literature

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-93

  Davis, Robert C ^a   Taylor, Bruce G ^a  

^a Victim Services Research   (United States)

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EID: 84998067069     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v10n02_05     Document Type: Article

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