Domestic Violence

Claremont Colleges

Scholarship @ Claremont

Scripps Senior Theses

Scripps Student Scholarship

2014

Perceptions of Domestic Violence: Leaving vs.

Staying in Abusive Relationships

Katherine M. Arenella

Scripps College

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Arenella, Katherine M., "Perceptions of Domestic Violence: Leaving vs. Staying in Abusive Relationships" (2014). Scripps Senior

Theses. Paper 408.

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PERCEPTIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:

LEAVING VS. STAYING IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS

by

KATHERINE M. ARENELLA

SUBMITTED TO SCRIPPS COLLEGE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT

OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

PROFESSOR HARTLEY

PROFESSOR WOOD

APRIL 25TH, 2014

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 PERCEPTIONS

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 DOMESTIC

 VIOLENCE

Perceptions of Domestic Violence: Leaving vs. Staying in Abusive Relationships

Katherine M. Arenella

Scripps College

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PERCEPTIONS

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 DOMESTIC

 VIOLENCE

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 Contents

1.

 Abstract

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 Acknowledgements

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 Introduction

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