Stalking: Knowns and Unknowns

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-162

  Sheridan, Lorraine P ^a   Blaauw, Eric ^b   Davies, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

categories; prevalence; stalkers; stalking; victims; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644225842     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838002250766     Document Type: Article

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