Intimate partner violence and immigration laws in Canada: How far have we come?

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 335-341

  Alaggia, Ramona ^a   Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Rishchynski, Giselle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Boost Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigrant women; Intimate partner violence; Mental health effects; Participatory action research; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; DISCLOSURE; DIVORCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPATHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 70350569964     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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