SOCY 389 Chapter 1-5: 389-reading-notes

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 389
• Professor: Fiona Kay

Document Summary

What is said in terms of non lethal violence and lethal violence: particularly after the mid to late 1990"s there has been a substantial decline in the in the risk for intimate partner violence victimization among women, the importance of domestic violence services and their help seeking decisions over time, and ultimately the decline in both lethal and non lethal intimate partner violence. Their study of women in workplace and violence: employment is associated with a higher risk of intimate partner violence, employment has socioeconomic and symbolic implications for women"s decision making, and conflict and satisfaction within intimate relationships are associated with women"s risk for non lethal intimate partner violence, employed women are at a higher risk of intimate partner violence victimization is partly contingent on the race of the victim, for white women, employment clearly heightens the risk for victimizations, however not as clearly for non white women, non white women are at greater risk regardless of employment.