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Hughes, Gwendolyn Morrison – 1990
According to the California State Department of Justice there were 182,000 reported cases of domestic violence in 1988 that required police intervention. This descriptive study, an explorative evaluation survey, examined 47 shelter programs in California to determine what components are essential to a shelter's effectiveness in facilitating…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Behavior Change, Community Programs, Family Violence