Does batterer treatment reduce violence? a synthesis of the literature

Women and Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-93

  Davis, Robert C ^a   Taylor, Bruce G ^a  

^a Victim Services Research   (United States)

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EID: 85071072099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203062555-9     Document Type: Chapter

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