Battered Wives
- ISBN-10
- 0912078707
- ISBN-13
- 9780912078700
- Series
- Battered Wives
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 281
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Volcano Press
- Author
- Del Martin
Description
A study of wife beating in the United States, with reference to and victims' comments on the physical, psychological, and social effects of a complex problem
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Other editions
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- 1988
- 84 pages
- Paperback
- National Center for Women & Family
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- 1979
- 114 pages
- Paperback
- Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto
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