Helping Women Understand Their Risk in Situations of Intimate Partner Violence

Autor/in	Campbell, Jacquelyn C.
Titel	Helping Women Understand Their Risk in Situations of Intimate Partner Violence
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19 (2004) 12, S.1464-1477 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260504269698
Schlagwörter	Females; Family Violence; Homicide; Victims of Crime; Risk; Safety; Health Services; Prevention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Mord; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Risiko; Sicherheit; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Prävention; Vorbeugung
Abstract	Only approximately one-half of the 456 women who were killed or almost killed by a husband, boyfriend, or ex-husband or ex-boyfriend in a recent national study of homicide of women accurately perceived their risk of being killed by their abusive partner. Women are unlikely to overestimate their risk; however, many will underestimate the severity of the situation. From the same study, it was found that relatively few of the victims of actual or attempted intimate partner femicide were seen by domestic violence advocates during the year before they were killed; they were far more likely to be seen in the health care system. Implications are drawn as to innovative ways that women who are abused can be identified and with skilled assessment of the danger in their relationship helped make more informed plans for their safety. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10