African American Females and Domestic Violence

Authors

Tracy Tamborra, University of New HavenFollow

Author URLs

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Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2014

Subject: LCSH

Family violence, African American women, Socioeconomic status

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Abstract

This article compares rates of domestic violence among African American females to those of other populations. Tamborra explores socioeconomic factors that must be considered along with race. Cultural or historical influences affect how African-American females use or hesitate to use law enforcement, shelters, court advocacy, counseling and community programs when they are affected by domestic violence.

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Repository Citation

Tamborra, Tracy, "African American Females and Domestic Violence" (2014). Criminal Justice Faculty Publications. 18.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/criminaljustice-facpubs/18

Publisher Citation

Tamborra, Tracy. African American females and domestic violence. In Jones-Brown, Delores D., Beverly D. Frazier, and Marvie Brooks, eds. 2014. African Americans and criminal justice: an encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press, pp. 170-173. ISBN: 9780313357169