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Exploring Women's Histories of Survival of Violence and Victimization in a Midwestern State, 2004-2005

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Principal Investigator(s): Postmus, Judy; Severson, Margaret

Summary: This study explored the histories of physical and sexual victimization reported by incarcerated and non-incarcerated women. It sought to identify the survival strategies women activated at various points in their life span. In Phase One, 424 women were interviewed from March 2004 to March 2005 on a variety of topics covering victimization and disclosure experiences and risk and protective factors. Information from those interviews is contained in Part 1, Phase One, Interview Data. In Phas... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04579.v1

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