TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Referring abused women: does police assistance decrease abuse?
JO  - Clinical nursing research
A1  - Willson, P.
A1  - McFarlane, Judith M.
A1  - Lemmey, D.
A1  - Malecha, A.
SP  - 69
EP  - 81
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - To evaluate if abused women's use of the police reduced further violence experienced, 90 abused women were interviewed at a large urban police department and followed for 6 months. Frequency and severity of violence as well as danger of homicide were measured before and at 3 and 6 months after women sought police help. Women seeking police help had significantly reduced threats of abuse (F = 124.62, df = 2,81; p < .0005), actual abuse (F = 90.11, df = 2,81; p < .0005), and danger of being killed (F = 188.69, df = 2,81; p < .0005) by her intimate partner. Bonferroni post hoc tests showed that significantly fewer threats of abuse, physical abusive acts, and risk indicators for homicide had occurred from prefiling to 3 months (p <.0005) and prefiling to 6 months (p <.0005). The data indicate that referring abused women to the police is an appropriate intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1054-7738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -