This longitudinal study examined posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among current and former female partners (N = 96) of men participating in a group treatment program for partner abuse perpetrators. Female partner probable PTSD rates, obtained during time points corresponding with pretreatment, posttreatment, and 6-month follow-up for the male clients, were 52%, 34%, and 29%, respec...

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Sexual Violence Prevention and Response UCSF is committed to creating and maintaining a community that is free of all forms of intimidation, exploitation, violence and harassment. Sexual harassment, sexual offenses, and acts of sexual violence, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking are strictly prohibited. To tap into resources or for more information, visit...

Sexual Violence Prevention and Response UCSF is committed to creating and maintaining a community that is free of all forms of intimidation, exploitation, violence and harassment. Sexual harassment, sexual offenses, and acts of sexual violence, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking are strictly prohibited. To tap into resources or for more information, visit...

The purpose of this study was to examine the ways in which abuse that occurred during marriage/relationship continued within divorce and custody-related legal proceedings. Twenty-seven women participated in semistructured interviews. Interviews were analyzed utilizing a grounded theory approach in order to inductively arrive at a theory explaining how abuse dynamics may continue during legal pr...

While the need for protection of patient privacy in electronic communications is well established in health care environments, consideration of the intrusion electronic media may have on employees is not as well developed. Staff may be subject to photography, video, and audio recording by patients, family, or visitors without their knowledge or consent. Occasionally, healthcare providers may be...

One challenge to assessing what research tells us about the effectiveness of AIPs is the lack of consistent definitions for key terms such as abuse, as well as agreement as to what constitutes a successful outcome or effectiveness. For example, one study may consider only physical trauma injuries, while another study may look at other abusive behaviors including one or more of the following: th...

Sexual Violence Prevention and Response UCSF is committed to creating and maintaining a community that is free of all forms of intimidation, exploitation, violence and harassment. Sexual harassment, sexual offenses, and acts of sexual violence, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking are strictly prohibited. To tap into resources or for more information, visit...

Post-Soviet African democratization has introduced elections into contexts that often lack restraints upon the behavior of candidates, resulting in the emergence of voter intimidation, vote-buying, and ballot fraud. We propose a model of electoral competition where, although some voters oppose violence, it is effective in intimidating swing voters. We show that in equilibrium a weak challenger ...