Interviews with women convicted of murder: Battered women syndrome revisited

International Review of Victimology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-135

  Stevens, Dennis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84998185669     PISSN: 02697580     EISSN: 20479433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026975809900600203     Document Type: Article

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