Intimate partner violence (IPV) profoundly damages physical, sexual, reproductive, and
psychological health, as well as social well-being of individuals and families. We sought in …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major social and public health problem affecting people
in various cultures and societies. Though the issue of IPV in Pakistan has been researched …

Recent evidence indicates that contrary to some criminological theories, immigrants are less
violent than native-born Americans. The relationship between immigrant status and reduced …

The widely read and highly praised bestseller It Could Happen to Anyone offers a unique
amalgamation of the practical clinical experience of Alyce LaViolette and the extensive …

The extended family as a potential cause of and protection against intimate partner violence
(IPV) remains relatively unstudied. This mixed-methods study used focus group discussions …

Intimate partner violence offenders often use victim-blaming attributions to explain their own
violent behavior. These attributions represent an important challenge for intervention …

Using an intersectional framework, this article discusses the barriers to social services that
Latina victims of intimate partner violence encounter, a drastically underdeveloped area of …

We know more about why laws on violence against women (vaw) were adopted than about
how much and in what ways these laws affect society. The authors argue that even weakly …

Marianismo is a Latino cultural value that describes both positive and negative aspects of
traditional Latina femininity. Marianismo emphasizes culturally valued qualities such as …

Social support has been recognized as a protective factor associated with reduced intimate
partner violence (IPV). A question that few studies have examined, however, is whether the …