Women and Men in Jail: Attitudes Towards and Experiences of Domestic Violence

This study explores the pre-arrest domestic violence victimization and attitudes towards domestic violence reported by women and men confined in a Midwestern metropolitan jail. Results indicated that women in the jail sample had more fear for the safety of battered women than men in the jail sample....

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Main Author: Ventura, Lois A. (Author)
Contributors: Lambert, Eric ; White, Tricia M. ; Skinner, Kimberly
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2007, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 37-48
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Keywords:
Women in jail
Women offenders
domestic violence