TY - JOUR PY - 2001// TI - Experience of Abuse Among Women Visiting Incarcerated Partners JO - Violence against women A1 - Toepell, Andrea Riesch A1 - Greaves, Lorraine SP - 80 EP - 109 VL - 7 IS - 1 N2 - This study reflects the first concerted effort to investigate women's perceptions of and their feelings about the Private Family Visit (PFV) program in Canada. The research focused on assessing women's safety during conjugal visits with incarcerated partners. Abuse, control, and violence from partners were issues discussed with the women, but almost all of the participants also described abusive experiences from the correctional system or staff.

LA - SN - 1077-8012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778010122182316 ID - ref1 ER -