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DOI: 10.1177/136346159603300404
Violence Against Women in Intimate Relations: Insights from Cross-Cultural AnalysesThis paper presents a broad overview of the cross-cultural lit erature on the abuse of women by husbands or partners with emphasis on cross-cultural patterns and variations in the extent of violence against women in intimate relations, the effects of such violence, factors that place women at risk for abuse and the routes available to women to address such abuse. Implications for clinical and social responses to violence against women in intimate relations are discussed.
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