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This chapter presents major results of the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS), conducted in Poland. This victimization survey enables to show the real magnitude of violence against women as compared to violence officially reported by women. Major result shows that annually up to approximately as many as 800 thousand women in Poland may be experiencing violence. Chapter describes the victimization rates (by partner and non-partner violence, by form of violence), reporting rates, police reaction, child witnessing. The results of selecting best predictors of victimization risk are also presented.
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Gruszczyńska, B. (2014). Women Victimization Risk of Violence in Poland. In: Caneppele, S., Calderoni, F. (eds) Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01839-3_9
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