Does increasing women's education reduce their risk of intimate partner violence?: evidence from an education policy reform

Although scholars have employed rigorous causal methods to examine the relationship between education and crime, few of them have taken a causal approach to the study of education and intimate partner violence (IPV) specifically. From a social causation perspective, improving women's education...

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Main Author: Weitzman, Abigail (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 574–607
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