@article {587966,
	title = {The Levels and Roles of Social and Institutional Support Reported by Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse},
	journal = {Feminist Criminology},
	volume = {4},
	number = {4},
	year = {2009},
	pages = {337-402},
	abstract = {http://fcx.sagepub.com/content/4/4/377.abstract
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This article explores the roles of social (informal) and institutional (formal) support in the lives of 158 women whose intimate partner abuse (IPA) cases reached the courts in three jurisdictions in the United States. \&nbsp;Women were asked who knew about the IPA and their levels of supportiveness. Data analysis includes comparisons across the women in terms of social support and institutional support, and how these were related to the women{\textquoteright}s demographic characteristics, whether they were still in a relationship with their abusers, the severity of the violence, and the women{\textquoteright}s mental health.},
	url = {http://fcx.sagepub.com/content/4/4/377.abstract},
	author = {Joanne Belknap and Heather C Melton and Cris Sullivan and Ruth E Fleury-Steiner and Justin T Denney}
}
