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Resko examines the relationship between women's economic wellbeing and intimate partner violence. Using data from the Fragile Families Survey, she examines hypotheses shaped by stress theory and social exchange theory and investigates racial and ethnic differences in these models. Her results s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Resko, Stella M., 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.
Colección:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Intimate partner violence.
Women > Violence against.
Abused women > Economic conditions.
Violence entre partenaires.
Femmes > Violence envers.
Femmes victimes de violence > Conditions économiques.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
Abused women > Economic conditions
Intimate partner violence
Women > Violence against
Häusliche Gewalt
Misshandlung
Wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeit
Zweierbeziehung
Frau
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Resko examines the relationship between women's economic wellbeing and intimate partner violence. Using data from the Fragile Families Survey, she examines hypotheses shaped by stress theory and social exchange theory and investigates racial and ethnic differences in these models. Her results support the notion that improving women's economic position can reduce intimate partner violence. Little evidence supported the backlash hypothesis, but in some situations men's poor performance in the labor force may be associated with an increased abuse. The strength of these results, however, differs a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 240 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-237) and index.
ISBN:9781593325510
1593325517

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