INTIMATE VIOLENCE IN THE LIVES OF HOMELESS AND POOR HOUSED WOMEN - PREVALENCE AND PATTERNS IN AN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE SAMPLE

Authors
BROWNE A BASSUK SS
Citation
A. Browne et Ss. Bassuk, INTIMATE VIOLENCE IN THE LIVES OF HOMELESS AND POOR HOUSED WOMEN - PREVALENCE AND PATTERNS IN AN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE SAMPLE, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 67(2), 1997, pp. 261-278
Citations number
67
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
American journal of orthopsychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029432
Volume
67
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
261 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9432(1997)67:2<261:IVITLO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
In a study of 436 homeless and poor housed mothers, nearly two-thirds reported severe physical violence by a childhood caretaker, 42% report ed childhood sexual molestation, and 61% reported severe violence by a male partner. Comparisons of homeless and housed women are presented, and implications for prevention and intervention are discussed in lig ht of recent welfare reform legislation.