Citation

Kim J, Gray KA. J. Interpers. Violence 2008; 23(10): 1465-1482.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260508314307

PMID

18309037

Abstract

Battered women's reasons for staying with or leaving their male partners are varied and complex. Using data from the Domestic Violence Experience in Omaha, Nebraska, a discrete-time hazard model was employed to examine a woman's decision based on four factors: financial independence, witness of parental violence, psychological factors, and the police response to the domestic violence call. Findings regarding the first three factors are consistent with previous findings. However, a negative police response did not deter a woman from leaving, which is a different finding from previous studies.

Language: en