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Lifetime prevalence of violence against Latina immigrants: legal and policy implications
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The prevalence of various forms of domestic violence experienced by Latina immigrant women, the nature of the battering and extreme cruelty they experience, and public policy implications of the findings are examined.Abstract:
Although domestic violence plagues communities of all races, socio-economic status and geographical locations, some communities within the U.S. are more vulnerable because victims' alternatives to ...read more
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Appendix 13: Intimate partner violence: evidence review for newly a rriving immigrants and refugees
Ghayda Hassan,Brett D. Thombs,Cécile Rousseau,Laurence J. Kirmayer,John Feightner,Erin Ueffing,Kevin Pottie +6 more
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Mail-Ordered Brides vs. Chinese Cyber-Matched Brides: Myths and Realities
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Women's empowerment and migration in the Caribbean
Anna Platonova,Lydia Rosa Gény +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a contextual analysis of the mutual relations between migration and women empowerment with the aim to facilitate the debate among stakeholders, including policymakers, practitioners and civil society in the Caribbean subregion on the role of migration as a means of empowerment for women.
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Neighborhood Social Disorder and Attitudes Toward Partner Violence Against Women: Evidence from Latin-American Immigrants in Spain
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Explorando nuevas vías para mejorar la eficacia de la intervención en hombres condenados por violencia de género
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of English and Spanish Offenders of intimate partner violence offenders is presented, focusing on the factors that pueden influir en the intervention to reducir the reincidencia in the conducta violenta by parte del agresor.
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Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey
Patricia Tjaden,Nancy Thoennes +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a national telephone survey on violence against women was conducted from November 1995 to May 1996, with approximately 8,000 women and 8, 000 men, providing comparable data on women's and men's experiences with violent victimization.
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The Battered Woman Syndrome
TL;DR: The third edition of the "Battered Woman Syndrome" integrates new research findings about the Battered Woman Syndrome and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder together with the findings from thirty years ago when Walker first proposed such a syndrome.
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The Battered Woman Syndrome
Leigh A. Leslie,Lenore E. Walker +1 more
TL;DR: The third edition of the "Battered Woman Syndrome" integrates new research findings about the Battered Woman Syndrome and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder together with the findings from thirty years ago when Walker first proposed such a syndrome as discussed by the authors.
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The development of a measure of psychological maltreatment of women by their male partners.
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Family Violence in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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