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Wardle, Elizabeth Ann; Furgerson, Karen; Davis, Rebecca; Schultz, Tara – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2015
Initially, survey research was conducted to examine the economic impact on domestic violence within a two-county area in South Texas. Surveys were distributed to the police departments in these areas to obtain this information. Once the data were collected, there was evidence that the downturn in the economy was having an effect on family…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Citizen Participation, Family Violence, Service Learning
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Westbrook, Lynn – Library Quarterly, 2008
The pervasive, personal crisis of intimate partner violence (IPV) demands community information resources in workforce, health care, mental health, public housing, criminal justice, and social service arenas. Although generally underutilized, public libraries have a pivotal role to play as the only public institution specifically structured to…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Police, Public Libraries, Information Seeking
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Titterington, Victoria B.; Harper, Laura – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
Objective: The purpose of this study was to inform the ongoing quest for efficacious treatment of domestically violent women by (a) describing their representation in cases of intimate partner homicide over the period of 1985-1999 in Houston, Texas, and (b) by utilizing a measure known as the spousal sex ratio of killing (SROK), determining…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Females, Homicide