Resumen
Abstract
The main purpose of this research is to show an up to date overall picture of the Social
Science and Public Health scientific contribution to the knowledge of the Domestic
Violence against women in Barranca. The gathering of bibliography is placed during the
period 2008-2009 (First semester), and it includes certain studies on the problem of women
who are victims of abuse (Sample 276), from a Public Health approach and an
Anthropological view.
The analysis of the material made it possible to show an overall picture of the
acknowledgement process. It also helped to make some conclusions, to find some gaps, and
to establish the main problems that come from what has been studied until now.
Keywords: Domestic and social violence. Psychological, physical, and sexual violence.