Investigating predictors of treatment attrition among court-ordered batterers

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 53-68

  Buttell, Frederick P ^a   Pike, Cathy K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Court ordered batterers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009607780     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v28n04_03     Document Type: Article

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