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Autore |
Stewart Megan Colleen <1980-> |
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Titolo |
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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Descrizione fisica |
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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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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Violence against - United States |
Victims of crimes - United States - Psychology |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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