
@article{ref1,
title="Assessing lethality to support asylum claims based on intimate partner violence",
journal="Family and intimate partner violence quarterly",
year="2016",
author="Cook-Heffron, Laurie",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="53-62",
abstract="This article examines the use of lethality assessments in U.S. procedures for making asylum determinations. Global estimates suggest that one-third of the world's women experience some type of interpersonal violence. The author focuses on the asylum claims of women in the Northern Triangle of Central America--El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras--where rates of violence against women are extremely high.   Keywords: Migration; asylum; &quot;Matter of L-R;&quot; &quot;Matter of A-R-C-G&quot;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1941-7462",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}