Organizational Perceptions of Women's Vulnerability to Violence in the Wake of Disaster
Description:
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 oper…
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Date:
August 1995
Creator:
Wilson, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lyn)