Homeless Female Victims

Toro, Bellavia, Daeschler, Owens, Wall, Passero, and Thomas (1995) reported that characteristics of the homeless include: more likely to be domestic violence victims, more likely to have been physically abused as children, and less likely to be receiving public benefits, than normal controls. Ingram, Corning, and Schmidt (1996) report further that the homeless population includes women who have been victimized criminally and sexually. Previous research has failed to discover and eliminate reasons for this situation.

The research question "what is the effect of victimization on help-seeking behaviors in homeless and non-homeless females," is worthy of investigation because the homeless population remains largely comprised of females who ha

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