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Murray A. Straus, Richard J. Gelles, Societal Change and Change in Family Violence from 1975 to 1985 as Revealed by Two National Surveys, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Aug., 1986), pp. 465-479
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