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WAVE: Women Against a
Violent Environment

Women and Violence: A Rochester,
NY Area Community Survey

Prepared by:
Barbara Kasper, M.A., M.S.W.
Carmen Aponte, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors of Social Work
SUNY College at Brockport, NY
September 19, 1994

References

Bureau of Justice Statistics (1994) Violence Against Women: A National Crime Victimization Report. (NCJ-145325), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice.

Frazier, P.A. & Cohen, B.B. (1992, January). Research on the sexual victimization of women: Implications for counselor training. The Counseling Psychologist, 2, 144-158.

Kilpatrick, D., & Best, C.L. (1990, April). Sexual assault victims: Data from a random national probability sample. In J.W. White, Sexual Assault: Research, Treatment and Education. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta.

Russell, D.E.H. (1983). The incidence and prevalence of intrafamilial and extrafamilial sexual abuse of female children. Child Abuse and Neglect, 8, 15-22.

Schulman, M. (1979). A Survey of Spousal Violence Against Women in Kentucky. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.

Seery, B. & Clossick, M. (1991). Analysis. Ms. Magazine, March/April, 36-41.

Smith, M. (1994). Enhancing the quality of survey data on violence against women: A feminist approach. Gender and Society, 8, 109-127.

Straus, M., Gelles., & Steinmetz, S. (1980). Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family. New York: Anchor Press.

Swisher, K. & Wekesser, C. (eds.) (1994). Violence Against Women. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.

Another publication concerning the WAVE survey

Kasper, Barbara and Carmen I. Aponte (1996). Women, Violence, and Fear: One Community's Experience. AFFILIA Journal of Women and Social Work, Summer 1996, 179-194.