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Wife Abuse: An Overview of Salient Issues

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1985

Abstract

Although gains are very recently being made in the area of wife battering due to an increase in publicity regarding the prevalence of this issue, much remains to be done in terms of basic consciousness raising within the human service sector. This article provides an overview of the literature dealing with the problems faced by battered women with particular attention being paid to rural and native battered women. Explanations for the causes and effects of this social problem are discussed. The primary objective of the paper is to highlight the current inadequate response of human service agencies to this long standing problem. Recommendations offered focus on program and policy issues for the human service network that comes in contact with cases of wife abuse.

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Dans le domaine de la violence physique faite aux femmes, certaines améliorations se sont produites à cause d'une publicité accrue sur la prévalence de ce phénoméne: beaucoup reste cepandant à faire en termes de conscientisation au sein des services sociaux. Le présent article fournit un relevé des écrits sur les problémes vécues par les femmes battues particuliérement chez les rurales et les autochtones. On discute des explications proposées sur les effets de ce probléme social. Le but principal de l'article est de souligner jusqu'à quel point sont inadéquates les réponses que donnent les services sociaux à ce probléme. Les recommandations proposées portent sur les programmes et les politiques des réseaux de services sociaux qui rencontrent des cas de femmes battues.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 4Number 1April 1985
Pages: 65 - 79

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Version of record online: 28 April 2009

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Dale A. Mackenzie
Community Mental Health Services, Province of Manitoba

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