NCJ Number
155587
Journal
Violence and Victims Volume: 9 Issue: 3 Dated: (Fall 1994) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
A J Urquiza,
G E Wyatt,
M P P Root
Date Published
1994
Length
98 pages
Annotation
These eight papers present varied approaches and issues related to violence against minority women and involve several different ethnic groups, different disciplinary perspectives, and different forms of victimization.
Abstract
The papers are based on presentations at a December 1992 workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. One paper uses data from the 1992 National Alcohol and Family Violence Survey to examine the incidence of spouse abuse in Hispanic families, with emphasis on sociocultural aspects of spouse abuse with Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Cuban women. Additional papers examine the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual assault within a multiethnic sample, the role of childhood sexual abuse as a significant predictor of later adult sexual harassment, and spouse abuse in Native American Indian communities. Further papers focus on the reliability and factor structure of the Index of Spouse Abuse with African-American women, the experiences of African-American women who have used a domestic violence shelter over an extended time period, and the cultural competence of community organizations designed to provide support and assistance to battered women. Tables and chapter reference lists