“It's a Valuable Service but a Hard Place to Be:” Women's Views About Violence Against Women Shelters

This mixed-methods secondary analysis examined VAW shelter use by 662 Canadian women abused by partners (50.5% Indigenous, 43.4% White, and 6.1% visible minority). Women who had never resided in shelters (n = 242) had less Severe Combined and Total IPV on the Composite Abuse Scale and fewer PTSD sym...

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Authors: Tutty, Leslie M. (Author) ; Nixon, Kendra L. (Author) ; Thurston, Wilfreda (Billie) (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Violence against women
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 9, Pages: 2219-2244
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
VAW shelters
Domestic Violence
Intimate Partner Violence
Violence against women