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Spruce Run News (August 1992), Spruce Run Staff
Spruce Run News (August 1992), Spruce Run Staff
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Victimization And Homelessness: Cause And Effect, Pamela J. Fischer
Victimization And Homelessness: Cause And Effect, Pamela J. Fischer
New England Journal of Public Policy
The literature on the contemporary homeless population is reviewed to examine the association of victimization with homelessness. Although few studies have specifically focused on victimization, findings derived from studies investigating pathways to homelessness, prevalence of health, mental health, and substance-use disorders, and demographic profiles and life histories suggest that victimization both causes homelessness and is an outcome of losing housing. Causal sequences ending in homelessness most frequently involve domestic violence, which mainly affects women, although other types of abuse may extrude individuals from their established housing. Once they become homeless, the risk of violence escalates for people living on the …
In Search Of Safety: Double Jeopardy For Battered Women, Pamela H. Zappardino, Deborah Debare
In Search Of Safety: Double Jeopardy For Battered Women, Pamela H. Zappardino, Deborah Debare
New England Journal of Public Policy
Battering is the single most common cause of injury to U.S. women. Its myriad consequences affect every aspect of the lives of its victims and its children. In their search for safety, many battered women and their children find themselves homeless not because they do not have homes, but because their homes are unsafe. They are homeless because to go home would invite further injury or even death. This article discusses the unique issues and implications of double jeopardy for battered women, including the crisis components of their homelessness, the economic and emotional impacts, the child custody issues, the inadequacy …
The Relationship Between Early Family Experience And Courtship Violence, Jodi Lynne Weiner
The Relationship Between Early Family Experience And Courtship Violence, Jodi Lynne Weiner
Theses Digitization Project
Female college students -- Early parent-child relationship -- Dating violence -- Insecure mother-child or father-child attachments.