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01-11-2015 | Original Article

The Co-Occurrence of Domestic and Child Violence in Urban Peru: Evidence from Three Regions

Authors: Martin Benavides, Juan Leon Jara Almonte, Marcela Ponce de Leon Marquina

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 8/2015

Abstract

Using a unique dataset collected from three regions in Peru (Huancavelica, Lima and Loreto), this study explores the co-occurrence of domestic and child violence within households; that is, the situation where a victim of domestic violence (mother) becomes a perpetrator towards other family members (children) in the same household. Secondly, the study seeks to analyze whether that relationship varies according to different levels of family wealth. The findings reveal that there is effectively, a co-occurrence between domestic and child violence.

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Title: The Co-Occurrence of Domestic and Child Violence in Urban Peru: Evidence from Three Regions
Authors: Martin Benavides
Juan Leon Jara Almonte
Marcela Ponce de Leon Marquina
Publication date: 01-11-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-015-9745-3

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