Violence against women
Subtitle: impacts on women's health derived from a u.s. nationwide study
By: Megan C. Stewart
Series: Criminal justice: recent scholarship
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC
Published: 2014
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9781593327262
Subjects: Women; Violence against; Victims of crimes; Psychology
Description: 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 wellbeing 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, while victimization is related to negative health outcomes, the victim-offender relationship does not significantly contribute to increased odds of experiencing negative health outcomes. --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Extent of sexual assault, physical assault, and stalking; title: Violence against women and negative health outcomes : physical and psychological wellbeing; title: Research strategy for conducting analyses; title: Explanation of results; title: Summary of findings : prevalence of violence by victim-offender relationship and the victim-offender relationship impact on women's health; title: Discussion of results, study limitation, and research implications; title: Appendices; title: References; title: Index.