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The help‐seeking of women violent crime victims: findings from the Canadian violence against women survey
Catherine KaukinenWe use Canadian data to examine the help‐seeking strategies of women dealing with the consequences of violent victimization. Consideration of the help‐seeking strategies of…
Institutional anomie and societal variations in crime: a critical appraisal
Gary JensenMessner and Rosenfeld have proposed an institutional anomie theory of crime, incorporating the proposition that societal investments in programs to buffer citizens from capricious…
Typologizing violence: a Blackian perspective
Gary JensenAlthough typologies of violence have become more common, relatively little attention has been given to Donald Black’s (1983) distinction between moralistic and predatory violence…
Do strong communities increase homicide? an evaluation of the Nisbett‐Cohen thesis
Craig Rivera, Rebekah Chu, Colin LoftinCohen (1998) describes a study showing that, in the US, regionally distributed culture controls the direction of the relationship between social disorganization and homicide…
Redefining intimate partner violence: women’s experiences with physical violence and non‐physical abuse by age
Nancy J. Mezey, Lori A. Post, Christopher D. MaxwellThis study examines the relationship between age, physical violence and non‐physical abuse within the context of intimate partner violence (IPV). It tests the hypothesis that…
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