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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, Aspalella A Rahman, Asmar Abdul Rahim, Che Thalbi Md Ismail   +3 more
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Beyond ‘witnessing’: children’s experiences of coercive control in domestic violence and abuse [PDF]

, 2015
Children’s experiences and voices are underrepresented in academic literature and professional practice around domestic violence and abuse. The project ‘Understanding Agency and Resistance Strategies’ addresses this absence, through direct engagement ...
Bourget D., CAADA, CAADA, Callaghan J. E. M., Cooper J., Hester M., Hill J., Home Office, Jane E. M. Callaghan, Joanne H. Alexander, Johnson M., Judith Sixsmith, Lincoln Y., Lisa Chiara Fellin, Milford R., Mullender A., Peled E, Skansvors L., Slay J., Stark E.   +19 more
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Disclosure of domestic violence and sexual assault within the context of abortion: meta-ethnographic synthesis of qualitative studies protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background One third of women will have an abortion in their lifetime (Kerr, QUT Law Rev 14:15, 2014; Aston and Bewley, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 11:163–8, 2009). These women are more likely to have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault than
Lydia Mainey, Annabel Taylor, Kathleen Baird, Catherine O’Mullan   +3 more
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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, Dean McDonnell, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Junaid Ahmad, Hengcai Chen, Sabina Šegalo, Yuyang Cai, Yuyang Cai   +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, Gallagher, James, Hickle, Kristine, Roe-Sepowitz, Dominique   +3 more
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Long-Term Impact of Domestic Violence on Individuals—An Empirical Study Based on Education, Health and Life Satisfaction

Behavioral Sciences, 2023
This paper takes the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS) as a sample to assess the long-term impacts of domestic violence experienced in childhood on individuals.
Liu Bo, Peng Yating
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Mainstreaming domestic and gender-based violence into sociology and the criminology of violence [PDF]

, 2014
Sociological and criminological views of domestic and gender-based violencegenerally either dismiss it as not worthy of consideration, or focus on specificgroups of offenders and victims (male youth gangs, partner violence victims). Inthis paper, we take
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Factors of Domestic Violence against Pregnant Women Referring to the trauma centers in Mashhad [PDF]

Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2020
Introduction: Violence against women is a global phenomenon, and varies based on the political, social and cultural characteristics of each place and location. Domestic violence is the most common type of violence against women.
Sayyed Majid Sadrzadeh, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Behrang Rezvani Kakhki, Shaghayegh Rahmani, Kosar Deldar, Sara Hematiali   +5 more
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The Theory of Relationship Sabotage: A Preliminary Evaluation of Conceptual Models Expanding on Attachment and Goal-Orientation Frameworks

Behavioral Sciences
Introduction: The current study proposed the best model to explain relationship sabotage by comparing three competing conceptual models, using attachment and goal-orientation frameworks.
Raquel Peel
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Exploring the determinants of health and wellbeing in communities living in proximity to coal seam gas developments in regional Queensland

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background There is some concern that coal seam gas mining may affect health and wellbeing through changes in social determinants such as living and working conditions, local economy and the environment.
Fiona Mactaggart, Liane McDermott, Anna Tynan, Christian A. Gericke   +3 more
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