Victimization and Revictimization Among Women of Mexican Descent

Abstract

In this paper, the article “Victimization and Re-victimization Among Women of Mexican Descent” written by Nora Montalvo Liendo, Diane W. Wardell, Joan Engebretson, Belinda M. Reininger is being discussed. This article is about the intimate partner abuse which involves various types of abusive and violent acts perpetrated against Chicanos. Most of these acts used by perpetrators, to maintain control over women, yet IPA is complex. Not, only is the abuse multifaceted, but also women define and tolerate abuse differently. Intimate partner violence (IPV) found across all ethnic groups, but most of the research on ...