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UNINA9910465147103321 |
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Stewart Megan Colleen <1980-> |
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Violence against women : impacts on women's health derived from a u.s. nationwide study / / Megan C. Stewart |
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El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014 |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Collana |
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Criminal justice: recent scholarship |
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Women - Violence against - United States |
Victims of crimes - United States - Psychology |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Acknowledgements -- Extent of sexual assault, physical assault, and stalking -- Violence against women and negative health outcomes : physical and psychological wellbeing -- Research strategy for conducting analyses -- Explanation of results -- Summary of findings : prevalence of violence by victim-offender relationship and the victim-offender relationship impact on women's health -- Discussion of results, study limitation, and research implications -- Appendices -- References -- Index. |
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Using data from the National Violence Against Women Study (NVAWS) and general strain theory (GST) as a theoretical basis, Stewart explores the impact of the victim-offender relationship on psychological and physical health and well-being for the crimes of rape, stalking, and physical assault. She asks two questions: first, what is the prevalence of violence against women by victim-offender relationship? and, second, what is the effect of the victim-offender relationship on health outcomes? Findings indicate that a variety of perpetrators are responsible for violence against women. Additionally, |
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UNINA9910132259003321 |
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Serrano Berntsen Erik <1983-> |
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A guide to starting your hedge fund / / Erik Serrano Berntsen and John P. Thompson |
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Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1-119-06489-9 |
1-119-06526-7 |
1-119-06488-0 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Hedge funds |
Commodity exchanges |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I. Why this book? -- Part II. The basics -- Part III. Starting the journey -- Part IV. Running the business -- Part V. Final thoughts. |
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"Successful hedge fund investing begins with well-informedstrategyA Guide to Starting Your Hedge Fund is a practical,definitive "how-to" guide, designed to help managers design andlaunch their own funds, and to help investors select and diligencenew funds. The first book to examine the practical aspects ofsetting up and operating funds with a focus on energy commoditymarkets, this book scrutinises the due diligence process andcomprehensively reviews the opportunities and risks of all energycommodity markets as hedge fund investments. Extensive planning andstrategy advice prove invaluable to prospective fund managers andinvestors alike, and detailed discussion of the markets'constraints help inform procedural decisions. Readers gain insightinto practical matters including legal and commercial structures,due diligence, fund raising, operations, and more, allowing them toconstruct a concrete investment plan before ever touching apenny.Asset managers are looking to energy commodities to provideattractive uncorrelated - if volatile - returns. Thesehigh returns, however, are |
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