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Women offenders' narratives of violent crime [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This study addressed this lacuna in the research literature by examining the subjective accounts of women incarcerated for violent crime. By locating itself within a postructuralist framework, this study investigated the meaning which women attributed to
Africa, Adelene
core   +1 more source

Conditions and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence among Taiwanese Women

open access: yesAsian Nursing Research, 2015
Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue among women. IPV victims usually seek help from hospitals, and emergency nurses are the frontline staff with whom the victims come into contact first.
Fang-Hsin Lee, PhD, RN   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Proposed Program from the Perspective of the General Practice of Social Work to Overcome Husbands' Violence Against Their Wives

open access: yesمجلة كلية التربية للبنات, 2022
Husbands’ violence towards their wives is one of the greatly important issues in social sciences. Accordingly, the current study aims at determining the levels of violence practiced by husbands towards their wives to propose a professional program from ...
Ibrahem Abdel Muti Esleem
doaj   +1 more source

Efficacy of an individual psychological treatment for battered women [PDF]

open access: yesPsychosocial Intervention, 2014
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an individual psychological treatment for batteredwomen. The sample comprises a total of 128 women battered by their partners, users of public services,aged between 18 and 67 years (M = 38.49, SD = 9 ...
Mª Pilar Matud   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Battered women, realism, and stereotypes of battered women [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Stereotypes of battered women invoked by photographs and videotapes were examined. 'Informed' participants were told some women they would judge were battered women, and were asked to select from a pool of 10 the one they believed was most or least ...
Gula, Cheryl A.
core   +1 more source

Battered Women: Victims or Survivors?

open access: yesSocial Change Review, 2011
From 1970, research into women’s responses to marital violence became much more intense than ever before. Academic literature emphasizes two explanatory perspectives: of the woman as passive victim and of the woman who uses strategies to protect herself.
Bejenaru Anca
doaj   +1 more source

Battered Women and Mandatory Minimum Sentences

open access: yesOsgoode Hall Law Journal, 2001
The author argues for the repeal of mandatory minimum sentences based upon their role in the distortion of defences available to battered women on trial for the homicide of their violent mates.
Elizabeth Sheehy
doaj   +1 more source

A critical reappraisal of the carotid sinus and carotid bulb: Distinguishing neurohistological function from vascular geometry

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
This review redefines the carotid bulb (CB) as a variable geometric dilation shaped by hemodynamics and the carotid sinus (CS) as a conserved neurohistological baroreceptor field. Distinguishing these entities clarifies a century of anatomical confusion and links geometry, neurohistology, and clinical interpretation within a unified framework ...
Răzvan Costin Tudose   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 9+ month marathon: How pregnancy may have shaped human endurance capacities

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Anthropology has long considered the evolution of our uniquely human endurance capacities to be the result of selection upon anatomical and physiological features imposed by the demands of thermoregulation and resource acquisition, particularly during the demands of persistence hunting. Research has focused on the anatomical changes present in
Cara Ocobock
wiley   +1 more source

Battered and bruised : a case study illustrating the complex nature of a woman's separation from her physically abusive husband [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Includes bibliography.This research study employed the single case-study method with the aim of illustrating the complex nature of a woman's separation from her physically abusive husband.
Lewis, Graeme
core   +1 more source

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