Forging community links to address abuse in lesbian relationships

Intimate Betrayal: Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 7-24

  Poorman, Paula B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic abuse; Intervention; Lesbian; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069289487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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