NCJ Number
236066
Journal
Violence Against Women Volume: 17 Issue: 7 Dated: July 2011 Pages: 822-834
Date Published
July 2011
Length
13 pages
Annotation
This study examined the issue of intimate partner violence against deaf women.
Abstract
It has been estimated that roughly 25 percent of all Deaf women in the United States are victims of intimate partner violence (Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services [ADWAS]), a figure similar to annual prevalence rates of 16 percent to 30percent for intimate partners in the general population. One goal of the present study was to ascertain the prevalence of intimate partner violence victimization in a sample of Deaf female college students. When comparing the prevalence of physical assault, psychological aggression, and sexual coercion victimization to hearing female undergraduates, the current sample was approximately two times as likely to have experienced victimization in the past year. (Published Abstract)