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Social Work and Society, 2009 Since the 1960s, there has been growing awareness regarding the issue of domestic violence as a form of violence against women, which has been largely influenced by the work of feminist activist and scholars in North America and Europe (Dobash and ...
Simon Lapierre
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Domestic Violence in Atlanta, Georgia Before and During COVID-19
Violence and Gender, 2021 Domestic violence is known to be one of the most prevalent forms of gender-based violence in emergency contexts and anecdotal data during the COVID-19 pandemic suggest that related restrictions on movement may exacerbate such violence.
Dabney P. Evans +2 more
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Technology-facilitated abuse of young adults in the United States: A latent class analysis
Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace, 2023 Awareness of the growing potential for technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) raises questions about the prevalence of the problem overall and in various forms.
Elizabeth Mumford +5 more
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Sheltering in place and domestic violence: Evidence from calls for service during COVID-19
Journal of Public Economics, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an economic slowdown as more people practice social distancing and shelter at home. The increase in family isolation, unemployment, and economic stress has the potential to increase domestic violence.
Emily Leslie, Riley Wilson
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The pandemic paradox: The consequences of COVID‐19 on domestic violence
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2020 COVID-19 (the new strain of coronavirus) has been declared a global pandemic. Measures announced over recent weeks to tackle it have seen people's day-to-day life drastically altered.
C. Bradbury‐Jones, L. Isham
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The forms of domestic violence [PDF]
Pravo - teorija i praksa, 2019 Domestic violence is not a phenomenon of the modern age, but rather a new interest of the state to recognize it, provide a protection for victims of domestic violence and to fight against it. In Republic of Serbia, domestic violence was incriminated only just in 2002 by amendments to then valid Criminal Code, while our legislator introduced the family ...
Dalibor Krstinić, Jovana Vasiljković
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Development and Evaluation of an Elder Abuse Forensic Nurse Examiner e-Learning Curriculum
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2020 In Ontario, Canada, there is a need for an easily accessible training for forensic nurse examiners on the provision of care for abused older adults. In this study, our objective was to develop and evaluate a novel elder abuse nurse examiner e-learning ...
Sarah Daisy Kosa PhD +2 more
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Australian women’s perspectives of routine enquiry into domestic violence before and after birth
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023 Background Peripartum women are vulnerable to experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Interactions with health practitioners during maternity care provide a unique opportunity to detect and respond to women who are experiencing IPV. The aim of this
Grace Branjerdporn +5 more
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been linked with increased rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) and associated experiences of compounded trauma.
Winta Ghidei +3 more
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Staying Home, Staying Safe? A Short-Term Analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas Domestic Violence
American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2020 COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the lives of persons around the world and social scientists are just beginning to understand its consequences on human behavior.
A. Piquero +5 more
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