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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465147103321

Autore

Stewart Megan Colleen <1980->

Titolo

Violence against women : impacts on women's health derived from a u.s. nationwide study / / Megan C. Stewart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2014

ISBN

1-59332-754-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Disciplina

362.1082

Soggetti

Women - Violence against - United States

Victims of crimes - United States - Psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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,