Renegotiating domestic violence: police attitudes and decisions concerning arrest

Policing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 52-68

  Myhill, Andy ^a  

^a Harperley Hall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arrest; coercive control; domestic violence; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026529347     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2017.1356299     Document Type: Article

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