This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by ARSCOTT-MILLS, S. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by ARSCOTT-MILLS, S. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Intimate Partner Violence in Jamaica

A Descriptive Study of Women Who Access the Services of the Women's Crisis Centre in Kingston

Ministry of Health, Kingston, Jamaica

This study provides descriptive statistics on women who access the services of the Women's Crisis Centre, a nongovernmental organization in Kingston, Jamaica, whose mission is to provide 24-hour counseling and shelter for women who are the victims of domestic violence. Questionnaires were completed by the center's trained staff at the close of a counseling session with adult women who accessed the services of the center between September 1 and November 30, 1999. This study analyzed 187 questionnaires for which the perpetrator of the incident was a male intimate partner. The sample was fairly homogeneous demographically. Results revealed a high level of physical injury (89%, n = 166) and a low level of reporting violent incidents to the police (26%, n = 42). Although 75% (n = 123) sought medical care, women first turned for assistance to pastors and counselors. Multisectoral support to strengthen and expand the services of the Women's Crisis Centre is recommended.

Violence Against Women, Vol. 7, No. 11, 1284-1302 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/10778010122183865


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				S.-A. M. Griffith, C. Negy, and D. Chadee Trinidadian and U.S. Citizens' Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence and their Willingness to Intervene: Does Culture Make a Difference? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, November 1, 2006; 37(6): 761 - 778. [Abstract] [PDF]

				L. E. Saltzman Definitional and Methodological Issues Related to Transnational Research on Intimate Partner Violence Violence Against Women, July 1, 2004; 10(7): 812 - 830. [Abstract] [PDF]