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- Title
The Family Violence Option: An Early Assessment.
- Authors
Raphael, Jody
- Abstract
Describes the adoption of the Family Violence Option of the 1996 welfare reform legislation in various degrees in several United States states. Description of the legislation and reasons behind it; Evaluation of state implementation according to their assessment of domestic violence and their provision of domestic violence services to women; Discussion of other domestic-violence related welfare policies.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DOMESTIC violence; PUBLIC welfare laws; LEGAL status of welfare recipients; LEGAL status of abused women; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 1999, Vol 5, Issue 4, p449
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10778019922181301