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| Family Violence | 1 |
| Family Violence Shelters | 1 |
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| Journal of Marriage and the… | 1 |
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| Berk, Richard A. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBerk, Richard A. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1986
Evaluates the impact on spousal violence of shelters for battered women. Predicts that shelters will have beneficial effects only for battery victims who are already taking control of their lives. For other women, a shelter stay may in the short run encourage retaliation. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Family Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Housing
