TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Recent or imminent separation and intimate violence against women. a conceptual overview and some canadian examples
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Sev'er, A.
SP  - 566
EP  - 589
VL  - 3
IS  - 6
N2  - The link between recent or imminent separation and violence against female partners is discussed. Interviews were conducted among 87 divorced, separated and domestic violence survivors during 1985-88 to study violence perpetrated by men against their female intimate partners.  Various bodies of literature are reviewed to establish the fact that separation heightens the risk of violence. The conceptual contributions of social learning and power and control theories are presented as they pertain to intimate violence against women.  An expanded version of the power-and-control model is used to underscore the violence proneness of separations, especially when women initiate separations.  To illustrate the expanded model, numerous Canadian examples are provided, drawn from interviews with divorced women, survivors of intimate violence, and news media reports. Finally, different strategies to break the cycle of violence are summarized.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -