@article{ref1,
title="Women with Disabilities and Experiences of Abuse",
journal="Journal of human behavior in the social environment",
year="2004",
author="DePoy, Elizabeth and Gilson, Stephen F. and Cramer, Elizabeth P.",
volume="7",
number="3",
pages="183-199",
abstract="A qualitative study of disabled and non-disabled professionals and survivors of abuse revealed a range of types of abuse endured by disabled women, some of which were unique to that population. Two major themes emerged from data analysis: vulnerable beginnings and complexity of abuse. Three sub-themes are encompassed within complexity of abuse: active abuse, abuse through image, and contextual abuse by social service/legislative systems. The authors present data essential to an informed assessment and analysis of abuse that considers the person-in-environment circumstances of women with disabilities. Implications for future research and the human behavior in the social environment curriculum are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="1091-1359",
doi="10.1300/J137v07n03_11",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J137v07n03_11"
}