Civil Protection Orders and Subsequent Intimate Partner Violence and Injury
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Civil protection orders and risk of subsequent police-reported violence.
CONTEXT Approximately 1.5 million US women experience intimate partner violence annually. Approximately 20% of these women obtain civil protection orders, but the effectiveness of such orders in preventing future violence is unclear. OBJECTIVE To assess associations between obtaining a protection order and risk of subsequent police-reported intimate partner violence. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SU...
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تاریخ انتشار 2005