Violence against women : impacts on women's health derived from a U.S. nationwide study / Megan C. Stewart.

ISBN:

9781593327545

Title:

Author:

Stewart, Megan C., 1980-

Personal Author:

Stewart, Megan C., 1980-

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 153 pages).

Series:

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Contents:

Acknowledgements -- Extent of sexual assault, physical assault, and stalking -- Violence against women and negative health outcomes : physical and psychological wellbeing -- Research strategy for conducting analyses -- Explanation of results -- Summary of findings : prevalence of violence by victim-offender relationship and the victim-offender relationship impact on women's health -- Discussion of results, study limitation, and research implications -- Appendices -- References -- Index.

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Subject Term:

Women -- Violence against -- United States.

Victims of crimes -- United States -- Psychology.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

El Paso :

LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,

[2014]

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Summary

Using data from the National Violence Against Women Study (NVAWS) and general strain theory (GST) as a theoretical basis, Stewart explores the impact of the victim-offender relationship on psychological and physical health and wellbeing for the crimes of rape, stalking, and physical assault. She asks two questions: first, what is the prevalence of violence against women by victim-offender relationship? and, second, what is the effect of the victim-offender relationship on health outcomes? Findings indicate that a variety of perpetrators are responsible for violence against women. Additionally, while victimization is related to negative health outcomes, the victim-offender relationship does not significantly contribute to increased odds of experiencing negative health outcomes.