TY - JOUR
T1 - Seeking help from the police
T2 - Battered women's decisions and experiences
AU - Davies, Kim
AU - Block, Carolyn Rebecca
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn
N1 - Funding Information:
The Chicago Women’s Health Risk Study was supported by grant number 96-IJ-CX-0020 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. Points of view in this paper are those of the authors and do not reflect the official position or policies of the US Department of Justice. The Chicago Women’s Health Risk Study (CWHRS) is a collaboration of domestic violence advocates, Chicago medical, public health, and criminal justice agencies with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Though most of the individual collaborators were silent partners in writing this report, they were equal partners in the project. They
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - Using data from the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study (CWHRS), which includes a sample of battered women (n = 500; 69% African American and 21.3% Latina) and a sample of abused women who either killed or were killed by their intimate partners (n = 63; 81% African American and 10% Latina), we find that several factors affect battered women's decisions to contact the police and their experiences with the police, including the severity and frequency of violence, other harassing behaviors committed by the abuser, the length of the relationship, and the women's social support network.
AB - Using data from the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study (CWHRS), which includes a sample of battered women (n = 500; 69% African American and 21.3% Latina) and a sample of abused women who either killed or were killed by their intimate partners (n = 63; 81% African American and 10% Latina), we find that several factors affect battered women's decisions to contact the police and their experiences with the police, including the severity and frequency of violence, other harassing behaviors committed by the abuser, the length of the relationship, and the women's social support network.
KW - Battered women
KW - Calling the police
KW - Personal resources
KW - Social support network
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U2 - 10.1080/14786010701241317
DO - 10.1080/14786010701241317
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248371985
VL - 20
SP - 15
EP - 41
JO - Criminal Justice Studies
JF - Criminal Justice Studies
SN - 1478-601X
IS - 1
ER -