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It\u27s Not OK: New Zealand\u27s Efforts to Eliminate Violence Against Women [PDF]
, 2008 This Report presents the findings of this research effort. It consists of three parts: Part I sets out the normative framework on domestic violence, both at the international and national level, and explains the relevant norms that govern the ...
Contesse, Jorge, Fenrich, Jeanmarie
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Costs of Domestic Violence: A Life Satisfaction Approach [PDF]
, 2012 This paper discusses and estimates the costs of domestic violence using a life satisfaction approach. It draws on a British cross-sectional data set that includes individual self-reported life satisfaction, household income and experienced domestic ...
Santos, Cristina
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Injury Epidemiology, 2020 Background Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws are a promising gun violence prevention strategy. ERPO laws allow specific categories of people (law enforcement in all states, family in most) to petition a court to request that an individual be ...
Shannon Frattaroli +6 more
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Women's Health, 2021 Background: University students have been recognized as particularly being vulnerable to sexual victimization. Purpose: With little research to date, and acknowledgement for the need of a better understanding of sexual violence, our study analysed the ...
Marika Guggisberg +5 more
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A SEMI-URBAN NEIGHBOURHOOD [PDF]
, 2011 There are no published studies on impact of neighbourhood on domestic violence in Sango-Ota. This is the first study to examine formal and informal control method and the influence of family structure and socio-economic status on the occurrence of ...
Abimbola, Oluremi H. +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2016 Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health concern. While community-level gender norms and attitudes to IPV are recognised drivers of IPV risk, there is little evidence on how interventions might tackle these ...
Tanya Abramsky +7 more
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Domestic Violence Court: A New Model To Combat Domestic Violence Against Women In Malaysia
UUM Journal of Legal Studies, 2016 Domestic violence is a social epidemic in Malaysia. To combat this, the Domestic Violence Act 1994 and the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Act 2012 has set up a mechanism via the Malaysian criminal justice system to investigate reports, prosecute the ...
Nazli Mahdzir +3 more
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Temida, 2003 In this article author examines a definition of a family, the role of a family as a social and legal institution as well as state reaction in a situation of mal function of a family.
Kiurski Jasmina
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What “Family Affair?” Domestic Violence Awareness in China
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 IntroductionDomestic violence is toxic to society. With approximately one in three women on average falling victim to domestic violence, systematic solutions are needed.
Zhaohui Su +8 more
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Victim or whore: The similarities and differences between victim’s experiences of domestic violence and sex trafficking [PDF]
, 2014 This research review addresses the similarities and differences between domestic violence and sex trafficking victimization. While there is evidence that domestic violence and sex trafficking often cooccur, there is a large disparity in the ...
Dahlstedt, Jaime +3 more
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