1. Why is social support and institutional support for abused women particularly important to address?
2. According to this research, what are two main reasons why abused women lacked support?
3. Where do researchers generally obtain the assessment information about a victim’s satisfaction with an institutions response to the needs of the victim in intimate partner violence cases?
4. What are three general constraints in abused women’s support seeking?

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1. What was an unintended negative result from the mandatory arrest law that was passed in 1994 as part of the Family Protection and Domestic Violence Intervention Act?
2. What was the significance of adding the language “Primary Physical Aggressor” to the mandatory arrest statute in 1997?
3. What does the term “retaliatory arrest” mean as it relates to the mandatory arrest law?
4. In this research study of advocacy, the team decided it would be beneficial to include the police department as partner to improve diversity.  The police department rejected the partnership.  What is a possible reason why the police department would not team up on this research?