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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"women in abusive relationships"”.
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Women's needs/available choices, juxtaposing criminal justice response to wife abuse with women's words
The purpose of this work is to explore whether feminist engagement with the state and law to address the problem of wife abuse has produced benefits in the lives of women victimized by male inti ate violence. This study does not examine the effectiveness of the criminal justice response in terms of …
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Effective Methods to Reach Victims of Domestic Violence
The estimated number of women in abusive relationships in the United States is almost 2 million (Pyles & Postmus, 2004; Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998; Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). Each year 1,500 of these women are murdered by their partners (Shostack, 2001). Yet there are 3 times as many shelters for …
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Women abuse : exploring women's narratives of violence and resistance in Mitchell's Plain
… is a paucity of South African research exploring women's experiences of violence. This study focused on how women endure abusive relationships by examining how women construct and give meaning to their experiences, within a particular socio-cultural context. Interviews were conducted with 15 …
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Exploring the perceptions of domestic violence interventions among women using MOSAIC services in Cape Town
… to explore perceptions of domestic violence interventions among women using the services of MOSAIC in Cape Town. The study sought to obtain the women’s expectations of the services at MOSAIC, the perceived beneficial and non-beneficial aspects of the services at MOSAIC as well as the …
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Experiences of narcissistic abuse : an exploration of the effects on women who have had a long term, intimate, relationship with a suspected narcissistic male partner
This research explores how women are affected by a long term, intimate relationship with a suspected narcissistic male partner. There has been very little empirical research, other than case studies, into women’s experiences in this area, and I have not located any similar research within the New …