McNair Scholars Program

How are women affected by domestic abuse?

Background Knowledge/ Research

Background knowledge is the information that has guided you to this research topic and ideas that you'd like to discuss.  Some background knowledge for this topic might include:

• Types of domestic abuse: physical, verbal, emotional, financial, sexual
• Psychology of domestic abuse
• Long term and short term health of abuse victims
• The cycle of abuse
• Access to counseling or support services
  • Alice Paul House
  • Domestic Violence Hotline
• Demographic groups that are more likely to be victims of domestic abuse
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Women of color
  • LBGT/ Trans women

Research Log Activity 

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