CONTEXTUALLY UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING WOMEN'S USE OF FORCE: 
A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compiled by:
Lisa Young Larance, MSW, LCSW, LMSW
RENEW Program Coordinator
www.csswashtenaw.org/renew
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County
Ann Arbor, Michigan
llarance@csswashtenaw.org
Updated March 2010

 

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