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Organizational Perceptions of Women's Vulnerability to Violence in the Wake of Disaster

Women as a group hold little power in the social system which increases women's vulnerability to domestic violence. According to Merton (1970), social problems may be revealed through the disaster recovery process. A coraHunity1s organizational response to social problems such as wife abuse depends upon organizational members' perceptions. The data suggest that organizational perceptions of domestic violence largely depend upon the setting or environment in which an organization exists and operates. A second factor that greatly determines an organization's perception of domestic violence after disaster is organizational type. Organizations which provide services to domestic violence victims pre-disaster are more likely to perceive domestic violence following disaster than organizations which do not provide domestic violence related services prior to disaster.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc277959
Date08 1900
CreatorsWilson, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lyn)
ContributorsNeal, David M., Almquist, Elizabeth M., Phillips, Brenda D.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 81 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Wilson, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lyn)

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