S.A.F.E. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM The probl

S.A.F.E. (Stop Abusive Family Environments) is a non profit organization in West Virginia that provides aid and counseling to victims of family violence. S.A.F.E. has achieved significant successes; however, the organization does not function in all areas of West Virginia. The purpose of this project was to propose an alternative policy decision for S.A.F.E. that would extend the organizations services to Mercer County, an area not now served by S.A.F.E.

S.A.F.E. was founded in the early1980s in McDowell County, and since that time has expanded to other areas of West Virginia. The organizational staff and trained volunteers assist victims of familyrelated violence in obtaining protective orders, refers such victims to legal services, and provides shelter from domestic violence when necessary. S.A.F.E. also conducts public education campaigns related to the prevention of domestic violence, and coordinates with political and social leaders in the development of programs and policies to both aid victims of domestic violence and promote reduction in the incidence of such behavior. History and Background of the Problem

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tuational environment. Equal power among bargainers tends to produce more effective bargaining than does unequal power (Bird 4550). When power among bargainers is unequal, the individual with the greater power tends to behave exploitatively, while the less powerful person tends to behave submissively (Surra and Longstreet 501516). Typically, the person will the lesser amount of power in an interpersonal conflict situation will resort to conflict avoidance behavior (Appleberg 10511056). These tendencies bode ill for the teenaged girl who finds herself in an unequal relationship with a male peer (Barnett, Papini, and Gbur 457472). Miller (1529) found that society often scripts women for passive roles and men for dominant roles in interpersonal conflict situations. Buunk (821823) found that even when individuals involved in interpersonal conflict situations are not controlled by societal scripting that the one party in the conflict situation often assumes that such societal scripting is present in the other party. Peterson and Peterson (461471) found that such perceptions about the other party in an interpersonal conflict situation strongly influences the decision of the party making such a perception to either confro
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