title: Strategies and help-seeking behavior among Mexican women experiencing partner violence.
abstract: According to a recent Mexican survey, 10.72% of women have at some point experienced sexual partner violence, and 23.71% physical violence at the hands of their current or last partner. Using this survey and a series of semi-structured interviews with experts, this study used a mixed-methods approach to examine, first, whether women who experienced violence turned to law enforcement agencies for help, and the characteristics of these women. Second, the research examined what type of service and treatment they reported receiving from these agencies. Finally, the research examined reasons women did not request help from police and law enforcement agencies.
authors: National Autonomous University of Mexico, Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Rearch, Mexico. sfrias@correo.crim.unam.mx
authors: Sonia M
authors: SM
authors: Frías
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D035846:Law Enforcement; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D016495:Police; D011902:Rape / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data