TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Informal social control and intimate partner violence JO - Injury prevention A1 - Jayatilleke, Achini A1 - Jayatilleke, Achala A1 - Jimba, Masamine A1 - Yasuoka, Junko SP - 70 EP - 70 VL - 21 IS - 1 N2 -

Emery et al [Inj Prev doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041117] have conducted an important study to evaluate the protective effects of informal social control on intimate partner violence (IPV). They hypothesised that in China, where IPV prevalence is high and the formal social control of IPV is poor, informal social control might reduce IPV injuries and IPV. As indicated in their results, the acts of informal social control …

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LA - en SN - 1353-8047 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041421 ID - ref1 ER -