Citation

Jayatilleke A, Jayatilleke A, Jimba M, Yasuoka J. Inj. Prev. 2015; 21(1): 70.

Affiliation

Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041421

PMID

25326456

Abstract

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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