Social perception of violence against women: Individual and psychosocial characteristics of victims and abusers

Violence against women in close relationships is one of the most worrying and controversial situations in modern society. The main goal of this study was to identify the social perception that people generally have of gender violence in order to obtain profiles of both men who resort to violence aga...

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Main Authors: Maria del Carmen Herrera, Francisca Exposito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense 2009-01-01
Series:European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
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Online Access:http://webs.uvigo.es/sepjf/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=14&Itemid=110&lang=en