Lifecourse Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking among Filipina, Indian, and Pakistani Women: Implications for Justice System Responses

• NCJ Number: 236174
• Date Published: July 2010
• Length: 123 pages
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored

Annotation

The objectives of this study were to improve understanding of Asian women’s experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and their efforts to seek help from the criminal justice and other programs, so as to develop recommendations for system responses to IPV in Asian communities.

Abstract

The goal of this research project is to enhance the understanding of Asian battered women's experiences in seeking help from the criminal justice system (CJS) and other (non-CJS) programs and develop recommendations for system responses to IPV in Asian communities.