Violence against women: global scope and magnitude

By C. Watts, Cathy Zimmerman. The Lancet, 2002

1,163 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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In Gender Studies

1. John R. Barner
2. C. Watts
3. Michelle Carney

In Health

1. M. Pico-Alfonso
2. John R. Barner
3. C. Watts
4. Michelle Carney
5. E. Echeburúa
6. Manuela Martínez

In Sociology and Political Science

1. John R. Barner
2. Michelle Carney

Citations in the corpus

• Prevalence of Partner Abuse: Rates of Emotional Abuse and Control (2012, background): “…. . . is not known, it is not known how pervasive forced or coercive sex is in the general population” (p. 724) and efforts solely based on adjudication rates (e.g., incident reports, arrests, or convictions) may highlight one phenomenon while obscuring the other (Watts & Zimmerman, 2002).”
• Violence (2012, background): “From a global perspective, the more serious forms of violence against women also include human trafficking for sexual purposes, sex slavery, exploitation of labour, physical and sexual assaults against prostitutes, child-killings involving female victims, the abortion of female foetuses, the neglect”
• Violência e saúde: estudos científicos recentes (2006, neutral): “Este é o caso das mortes de mulheres que sofreram estupros, justificadas em nome da honra da família.(17,50)”
• Understanding the impact of a microfinance-based intervention on women's empowerment and the reduction of intimate partner violence in South Africa. (2007, background): “A substantial body of international research has documented the magnitude and forms of such violence across a range of settings, in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.(2,3) Intimate partner violence (IPV)—violence perpetrated by a spouse or intimate partner—is the most common form of gender-ba”
• Personality Disorder Symptoms in Women as a Result of Chronic Intimate Male Partner Violence (2008, background): “MCMI-II profiles Intimate male partner violence (IPV) is a major public health problem that has both short- and long-term physical and mental health consequences for women (Campbell 2002; Heru 2007; Watts and Zimmerman 2002; Weinbaum et al. 2001).”