Immigration and Domestic Violence Services: One Size Fits All?

<p>The purpose of this study was to explore how immigration-related factors affect provision of domestic violence services. These factors include the survivors’ integration into the American society and their English language proficiency. Considering the recent dramatic rise in immigrant population in the United States, addressing the needs of foreign-born domestic violence survivors is becoming increasingly important. This thesis used secondary data from Multi-State Study of Meeting Domestic Violence Survivors' Needs Through Non-Residential Services and Supports. The data was analyzed using SPSS. After conducting Chi-square and OLS multiple regression statistical tests, some hypotheses were supported while others were not. Overall, this thesis has contributed to the growing literature on immigrants and domestic violence services and provided some recommendations for the future.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Criminal Justice

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Taggart, Mary Kate

Contributors dc:contributor

• <p>Feodor Gostjev (chair)</p> <p>Jennifer Hartsfield</p> <p>Jamie Huff</p>

• Criminology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/61

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vc.bridgew.edu:theses-1058