Domestic violence against women
- 14 October 1995
- Vol. 311 (7011) , 964-965
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7011.964
Abstract
The violence that both of these women suffered is common. Mooney found that 27% of women surveyed in north London had experienced physical injury from their partners or former partners, while 37% had experienced mental cruelty and 23% had been raped.1 In the 1992 British crime survey, 11% of women who had lived with a partner reported physical violence against them in their relationship.2 The continuing and repeated nature of domestic violence is also well established. Eight per cent of women in the north London survey had been injured during the …Keywords
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