Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey. Research in Brief

摘要

Violence against women first came to be viewed as a serious social problem in the early 1970s, in part because of the reemergence of the Women's Movement. In unprecedented numbers, scholars trained in such diverse disciplines as philosophy, literature, law, and sociology began to examine violence against women in the context of a feminist ideology. Despite the resulting outpouring of research on violence against women, particularly in the areas of rape and intimate partner violence, many gaps remain in our understanding of violence against women.