Women's police stations and intimate partner violence: Evidence from Brazil

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue , 2017, Pages 188-196

  Perova, Elizaveta ^a   Reynolds, Sarah Anne ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Homicide; Intimate partner violence; women's police stations

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; POLICE FORCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BRAZIL; DEATH; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; SOCIAL NORM; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAZIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85008419294     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.12.008     Document Type: Article

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