Children and Domestic Violence: Challenges for Prosecutors

dc.date.accessioned2013-09-19T16:27:06Z
dc.date.available2013-09-19T16:27:06Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.descriptionViolence against women and violence against children are not isolated phenomena. Rather, such violence often co-exists in families. Data suggest that child abuse is 15 times more likely to occur in families where domestic violence is present. Children who grow up in violent homes suffer a wide range of adverse behavioral and psychological effects, including a tendency to repeat abusive behaviors, as perpetrators and victims, as they attain adulthood.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/840
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/185355.pdf
dc.subjectCo-occurrence
dc.titleChildren and Domestic Violence: Challenges for Prosecutors
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