TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - What a Difference a Day Makes: An Empirical Study of the Impact of Shelters for Battered Women
JO  - Journal of marriage and family
A1  - Berk, Richard A.
A1  - Newton, Phyllis J.
A1  - Berk, Sarah F.
SP  - 481
EP  - 490
VL  - 48
IS  - 3
N2  - In this article we evaluate the impact on spousal violence of shelters for battered women. Drawing on formal, hybrid theory from economics and sociology, we predict that shelters will have beneficial effects only for battery victims who are already taking control of their lives. For other women, a shelter stay may in the short run encourage retaliation. Using a two-wave panel of wife-battery victims, we find that our hypotheses are by and large supported. Some policy implications are briefly discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1986. Copyright © 1986 by the National Council on Family Relations)  Domestic Violence Shelter Domestic Violence Intervention Domestic Violence Victim Intervention Program Program Effectiveness Program Evaluation Help Seeking Behavior Health Services Utilization Spouse Abuse Effects Spouse Abuse Intervention Spouse Abuse Victim Adult Female Adult Victim Female Victim Violence Against Women Partner Violence 03-04<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-2445
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -