Intimate partner violence in immigrant and refugee communities : challenges, promising practices and recommendations /

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Imprint:Princeton, NJ : Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (64 p.) : col. ill.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8278463
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Other authors / contributors:Runner, Michael.
Yoshihama, Mieko.
Novick, Steve.
Family Violence Prevention Fund (U.S.)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Notes:Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 29, 2010).
"March 2009."
Principal authors are: Michael Runner, director of Legal Programs, Family Violence Prevention Fund ; Mieko Yoshihama, associate professor, University of Michigan, School of Social Work; and Steve Novick, editor, senior project manager, Pyramid Communications.
"This document describes intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and refugee communities in the United States. IPV is a widespread, costly, and complex social problem nationwide, with serious health and safety implications. When IPV occurs in immigrant and refugee communities, additional challenges and complexities make it especially difficult to address. This paper examines the issue from a variety of standpoints, including the legal rights and practical challenges facing immigrant and refugee victims of violence, the ways systems are responding, and the promising practices that offer hope for those women, many of whom would otherwise remain in grave and persistent peril." -- Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-64).