title: Interpersonal victimization among a national sample of Latino women.
abstract: This article presents results from the Sexual Assault Among Latinas (SALAS) study, which obtained lifetime prevalence rates of interpersonal violence from a national sample of adult Latino women. Results show that more than half of the women in the study (53.6%) reported at least one victimization experience during their lifetime, with approximately two thirds of the victimized women (66.2%) experiencing more than one victimization incident, pointing to significant levels of polyvictimization and revictimization patterns across all victimization types. The results provide estimates of lifetime interpersonal violence and present a broader scope of the victimization experiences for this population.
authors: School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. c.cuevas@neu.edu
authors: Carlos A
authors: CA
authors: Cuevas
authors: Chiara
authors: C
authors: Sabina
authors: Riva
authors: R
authors: Milloshi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D018585:Battered Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*