Male-Perpetrated Domestic Violence: Testing a Series of Multifactorial Family Models
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Key issues in domestic violence
Domestic violence is traditionally associated with cases of physical violence occurring within intimate relationships and in a domestic setting. It is most commonly perpetrated by a male against a female partner, but it also includes violence against men. Domestic violence occurs in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships and includes married, de facto and separated adolescents and adult...
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