Rural women and violence: A study of two communities in British Columbia

Submitted to the Department of Justice. This report examines woman abuse, defined as violence against women in relationships, in two rural communities in British Columbia. The site selection of the two communities was based on their demographic features, population size, and pragmatic considerations that warranted the availability of community researchers living in or familiar with these communities. In order to protect the identities of the research sites, all those who participated in this study, and that of the community-based researchers, pseudonyms have been used to define the sites, and all location and personal identifiers have been removed