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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
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Weston, Rebecca; Marshall, Linda L.; Coker, Ann L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
Drawing from past research on women's motives for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration, correlates of women's perpetration, and correlates of nonviolent conflict, we created a scale containing 125 possible motives, representing 14 broad domains (e.g., self-defense, retaliation). Participants were an ethnically diverse sample of women who…
Descriptors: Females, Intimacy, Ethnicity, Factor Analysis
McDaniel, Garry L. – 1989
The Texas Department of Human Services, in collaboration with 13 other public and private organizations, co-sponsored a statewide Collaborative Elder Abuse Prevention project. The goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive, long-range plan for the prevention of elder abuse, a method for achieving a coordinated service delivery system for…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Elder Abuse, Family Violence, Institutional Cooperation
McDaniel, Garry L. – 1989
The Texas Department of Human Services, in collaboration with 13 other public and private organizations, co-sponsored a statewide collaborative elder abuse prevention project, to prevent abuse of elderly and disabled adults. The goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive, long-range plan for the prevention of elder abuse, a method for…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Elder Abuse, Family Violence, Institutional Cooperation
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Lehmann, Peter; Elliston, Ellen J. – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2001
A study examined posttraumatic stress disorder in Mexican, Mexican American, and non-Mexican American children exposed to domestic violence. Surveys of 68 mothers with children in shelters in Mexico and Texas revealed no ethnic differences in children's overall trauma symptoms. Mothers' experience of physical and sexual abuse predicted greater…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Children, Crisis Intervention, Cross Cultural Studies
Texas Univ., Austin. School of Social Work. – 1995
This Kids Count report presents a brief demographic analysis of preventable child deaths in Texas. The analysis integrates quantitative and qualitative information on accidents, homicides, and suicides, with data on deaths from disease and other causes to compare different age groupings, ethnic groups, and time periods. Texas Department of Health…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Texas State Dept. of Human Resources, Austin. Office of Programs. – 1984
The Group Services for Child Protective Clients Project was established to train child protective services staff members to provide effective group services. The project had four components: (1) group services training; (2) support groups for staff; (3) group services to clients; and (4) planning to continue the project after federal funding…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Battered Women, Caseworkers, Child Abuse
Hormuth, Pamela – 1997
This Kids Count fact book describes services that are designed to protect the health, education, and safety of children in each county in Texas. It begins with a brief overview of each service program, describing the services, giving eligibility requirements, and analyzing regional differences in service provision across the state. The overview is…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Breakfast Programs, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
Texas Univ., Austin. Center for Public Policy Priorities. – 2003
This Kids Count report details trends in the well-being of children in Texas. The statistical portrait is based on indicators in the areas of: (1) family and community population; (2) economic resources, security, and opportunity; (3) early care and education; (4) school success; (5) teens at risk; (6) physical, social, and emotional health; (7)…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse, Child Health
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