Association Between Substance Use and the Perpetration of Family Violence in Industrialized Countries: A Systematic Review

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 37-50

  Choenni, Vandhana ^a,b   Hammink, Alice ^a,b   van de Mheen, Dike ^a,b,c  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alcohol; child maltreatment; domestic violence; family violence; illicit drugs; illicit substances; intimate partner violence; substance use

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 85001996762     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838015589253     Document Type: Review

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