DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHARACTER, AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE WELFARE REFORM DEBATE

MEIER, JOAN

LAW AND POLICY, n.º 2/1997, pág. 205

1. Introduction. 2. A brief overview of the links between domestic violence, poverty, and welfare dependency. 3. Implications for welfare reform policies of the links between domestic violence, poverty, and welfare. 4. Ideological implications of the link between domestic violence and poverty. 5. A call for a synthesis of the social change and character reform perspectives of the anti-poverty and battered women's movements. 6. A word on strategies. 7. Conclusion.