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Spruce Run News (Summer 1988), Spruce Run Staff Jul 1988

Spruce Run News (Summer 1988), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Factors Involved In Battered Women's Decision To Leave Their Abusive Partners: Shelter Research In The Southeast, Mary Ellen Miles Apr 1988

Factors Involved In Battered Women's Decision To Leave Their Abusive Partners: Shelter Research In The Southeast, Mary Ellen Miles

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

This paper is an examination of some of the factors involved in battered women's decision to leave their partners. A review of past literature on battering, suggests factors that account for the women's decision: 1. the more financially dependent (whether actual or perceived) the battered woman is on the batterer, the more likely the woman will stay in the violent relationship regardless of the shelter services offered; 2. women with a teenage child or children will be more likely to leave the violent relationship than women without teenage children; 3 . women who were abused as children will be more …


Spruce Run News (Winter 1988), Spruce Run Staff Jan 1988

Spruce Run News (Winter 1988), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.