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The Effect of Victimization on Women’s Health: Does the Victim-Offender Relationship Matter?

Stewart, Megan C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1303150937

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2011, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
The study of violence against women has slowly begun to gain momentum in the last two decades. Empirical research from various disciplines such as criminology, sociology, psychology, and medicine has demonstrated that violence against women is a pervasive social problem affecting women of all ages, races, and socioeconomic statuses. Despite criticism of the field for a lack of national-level data and problems with differing terminology and definitions, the violence against women research has made great progress towards demonstrating the scope and extent of violence women experience. Using the National Violence Against Women Study (NVAWS), the present research seeks to expand what is known about violence against women by exploring the impact of the victim-offender relationship on psychological and physical health and wellbeing for the crimes of rape, stalking, and physical assault. Specifically, this research hypothesizes that using a general strain theory (GST) lens would lead one to expect differences in health outcomes depending on the perpetrator committing the violence. Two research questions are tested in this current study: 1) what is the prevalence of violence against women by victim-offender relationship? and 2) what is the effect of the victim-offender relationship on a woman’s psychological and physical health, and overall wellbeing? Findings indicate that across three types of violence against women, a variety of perpetrator types are responsible for violence against women, and that no single group can be ignored. Additionally, it appears that while victimization is related to negative health outcomes, the victim-offender relationship does not significantly contribute to increasing the odds of experiencing negative health outcomes. These findings are discussed in relation to previous empirical research and the future of violence against women research.
Bonnie Sue Fisher, PhD (Committee Chair)
Leah Daigle, PhD (Committee Member)
Francis Cullen, PhD (Committee Member)
Pamela Wilcox, PhD (Committee Member)
172 p.
Criminology
violence against women; rape; stalking; physical assault; victim-offender relationship

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  • Stewart, M. C. (2011). The Effect of Victimization on Women’s Health: Does the Victim-Offender Relationship Matter? [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1303150937

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stewart, Megan. The Effect of Victimization on Women’s Health: Does the Victim-Offender Relationship Matter? 2011. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1303150937.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stewart, Megan. "The Effect of Victimization on Women’s Health: Does the Victim-Offender Relationship Matter?" Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1303150937

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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