TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Service Barriers for Battered Women With Male Partners in Batterer Programs
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Gondolf, Edward W.
SP  - 217
EP  - 227
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
N2  - Relativelyf ew women had extensive contact with additional services during a multisite evaluation of batterer intervention in four cities. At a 30-month follow-up, women were asked why they did not seek additional services (n = 278 of 618). The majority of the women (59%) indicated that they had no need for additional services from a battered women's program. The remaining women did not seek services because of negative views of battered women's programs (16%), practical barriers (12%), and other reasons (11%). More than half (56%) of the women who held negative views of women's programs based those views on prior experiences, as opposed to the remaining half (44%) who based their views on their perceptions only. The women responded in a similar way to a question about other kinds of social services. The most appropriate means and extent of outreach is uncertain, given the need to appreciate women's self-determination versus the possibility of denial.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260502017002007
ID  - ref1
ER  -