title: Domestic violence and South Korean women: the cultural context and alternative experiences.
abstract: The present research contributes to the growing body of cross-cultural research on domestic violence. This is accomplished by answering the question of how severity of intimate partner abuse varies for (1) women incarcerated for the homicides of their male partners (2) abused women who sought domestic violence shelter, short of killing their intimate assailants, and (3) a group of South Korean females outside of domestic violence shelters or prison. The article concludes with a discussion of potential policy implications of the findings as well as promising directions for future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 15705, USA. bitna.kim@iup.edu
authors.forename: Bitna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Victoria B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Titterington
authors.forename: Yeonghee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011330:Prisons; D011638:Public Housing; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012924:Social Conditions; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult