Susan Bewley - ABC of Domestic and Sexual Violence

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

ABC of domestic and sexual violence / edited by Susan Bewley, Jan Welch.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-48218-6 (paperback)

I. Bewley, Susan, editor of compilation. II. Welch, Jan editor of compilation.

[DNLM: 1. Domestic Violence. 2. Sex Offenses. 3. Battered Women. 4. Crime Victims. WA 308]

RC569.5.F3

616.85822dc23

2013044785

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