Shattered dreams : marital violence against overseas-born women in Australia / Patricia Easteal.
Shattered dreams : marital violence against overseas-born women in Australia / Patricia Easteal.
Shattered dreams : marital violence against overseas-born women in Australia / Patricia Easteal.
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Publisher
Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N362.8292/23
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 201 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Chapter 1. Is there really a problem? -- What marital homicide research has shown -- Contributors, correlations, causes or coincidences? -- Women in the lucky country -- Stresses of migration and adaptation -- Cultures of origin -- Under-reporting -- The need for this study -- How the information wa...
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Publisher
Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1996.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
1996.
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Commonwealth of Australia 1996.
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Summary
In the study which resulted in Shattered Dreams, 800 victims were surveyed, together with legal aid practitioners, ethnic welfare agency staff and refuge workers. The results are compiled along with data from domestic violence calls to the police and the oral histories of 21 survivors of violence in the home. Dr Easteal's study reveals that a large...
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Shattered dreams : marital violence against overseas-born women in Australia / Patricia Easteal.
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Notes
General note
Cat. no. 9502297.
Commissioned by the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research.
Bibliography : p. 199-201.
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N362.8292/23
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74VMlBBvoVm3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMlBBvoVm3
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ISBN
0644431385
9780644431385 (pbk.)
0644431385 (pbk.)
9780644431385 :
0644431385 :
9780644431385
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362.82920994
MMS ID
991003490109702626
