Black women and intimate partner violence: New directions for research

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1487-1493

  West, Carolyn M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Blacks; Domestic violence

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BATTERED WOMAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 9544222609     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504269700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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