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Resources for Assisting Special Populations

NCJ Number
117541
Date Published
1988
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This bibliography of 30 entries notes studies and resources pertinent to special population groups who are victims of family violence.
Abstract
Bibliographic entries cite training and resource materials related to black battered women, domestic abuse in the American Indian population, chemical abuse clients who are black and female, Hispanic battered women, and migrant women in shelters. Entries also cover male batterers, personality characteristics of spouse abusers, racial differences among shelter residents, the impact of race and social class on marital violence, spouse abuse in contemporary Judaism, and abused immigrant women in Canada. Additional entries identify audiovisual resources for assisting special populations. All entries are accompanied by an abstract of the document and relevant subject descriptors.