Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-21DOI: 10.1177/10778012241230324
Huyen Phuc Do, Michael P Dunne, Thang Van Vo, Lan Hoang Nguyen, Bao-Yen Luong-Thanh, Sara Valdebenito, Philip R A Baker, Bach Xuan Tran, Tuyen Dinh Hoang, Manuel Eisner
{"title":"Applying the WHO INSPIRE Framework to Ending Violence Against Pregnant Women and Unborn Children: A Case Study in Vietnam.","authors":"Huyen Phuc Do, Michael P Dunne, Thang Van Vo, Lan Hoang Nguyen, Bao-Yen Luong-Thanh, Sara Valdebenito, Philip R A Baker, Bach Xuan Tran, Tuyen Dinh Hoang, Manuel Eisner","doi":"10.1177/10778012241230324","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241230324","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article adapted the INSPIRE framework, developed by the World Health Organization to prevent violence against children, to the systematic analysis of city-level healthcare services for pregnant women who experienced intimate partner violence. A mixed-methods study conducted in-depth interviews with 22 health and social care professionals and 140 pregnant women in Vietnam. The women were more likely to report limited system-level support for partners regarding violence and mental health, while the professionals perceived more weaknesses in policies and management of services. Traditional values tend to isolate abused women from receiving social services. The INSPIRE framework is innovative and could be applied in other contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"813-840"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139913641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-23DOI: 10.1177/10778012241230326
Alexis Palfreyman, Kavitha Vijayaraj, Safiya Riyaz, Zahrah Rizwan, Sambasivamoorthy Sivayokan, T H Samanmalee Thenakoon, Madhubashinee Dayabandara, Raveen Hanwella, Delan Devakumar
{"title":"What Women Want: Mental Health in the Context of Violence Against Women in Sri Lanka-A Qualitative Study of Priorities and Capacities for Care.","authors":"Alexis Palfreyman, Kavitha Vijayaraj, Safiya Riyaz, Zahrah Rizwan, Sambasivamoorthy Sivayokan, T H Samanmalee Thenakoon, Madhubashinee Dayabandara, Raveen Hanwella, Delan Devakumar","doi":"10.1177/10778012241230326","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241230326","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Insufficient evidence guides mental health service development for survivors of violence against women in Sri Lanka. Provider and survivor perspectives on (1) what constitutes mental health, (2) quality of care, and (3) priority areas and stakeholders for intervention were identified through framework analysis of 53 in-depth interviews. Desired care is chiefly psychosocial-not psychological-prioritizing socioeconomic, parenting, and safe environment needs in non-clinical community settings. Our evidence points strongly to the need to strengthen non-mental health community-based providers as \"first contacts\" and reassessment of health system-centric interventions which neglect preferred community responses and more holistic approaches accounting for women's full circumstances.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"789-812"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792383/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139940882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2023-12-12DOI: 10.1177/10778012231220369
Susan L Miller, Ruth Fleury-Steiner, Lauren C Camphausen, Sarah A Wells, Jennifer A Horney
{"title":"Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States by Domestic Violence Coalition Leaders.","authors":"Susan L Miller, Ruth Fleury-Steiner, Lauren C Camphausen, Sarah A Wells, Jennifer A Horney","doi":"10.1177/10778012231220369","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231220369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This U.S. study explores lessons learned about domestic violence service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic identified by state, territory, and tribal coalition leadership to advance preparedness and guide structural improvements for future disasters. Semi-structured interviews with 25 Coalition leaders identified public health control measures and victim-centered strategies used to mitigate the pandemic's impacts on services and advocacy. Three main themes emerged: workforce innovations, system empowerment, and the simultaneous pandemic of racial injustice. The COVID-19 pandemic inspired Coalitions to respond creatively and highlighted resources needed to support survivors and the domestic violence (DV) workforce going forward, including reassessing the current state of the DV movement.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"720-737"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138810560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-04DOI: 10.1177/10778012241230330
Ana D Sucaldito, Hannah Kemble, Emily Kulow, Rachel Ramirez, Julianna M Nemeth
{"title":"How Advocates Use CARE to Accommodate the Needs of Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Services With Brain Injuries and Mental Health Challenges: A Process Evaluation.","authors":"Ana D Sucaldito, Hannah Kemble, Emily Kulow, Rachel Ramirez, Julianna M Nemeth","doi":"10.1177/10778012241230330","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241230330","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We evaluated the implementation of Connect, Acknowledge, Respond, and Evaluate (CARE), an organization-level intervention, to accommodate the health needs of survivors, including brain injury. Participants were staff or administrators at agencies serving domestic violence (DV) survivors (<i>n</i> = 57 advocates; <i>n</i> = 5 agencies). Process evaluation focus groups (<i>n</i> = 10 groups) were conducted. Two researchers coded/analyzed focus group transcripts using grounded theory. The use of CARE increased advocate awareness/knowledge of brain injury among survivors leading to improvements to the agencies' provision of structural and functional social support to survivors. CARE is a valuable resource to accommodate survivors, thereby improving staff's perception of their ability to provide trauma-informed service provision for DV survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"738-749"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139681551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2023-12-17DOI: 10.1177/10778012231220370
Ellen Reeves, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Silke Meyer, Sandra Walklate
{"title":"Incredible Women: Legal Systems Abuse, Coercive Control, and the Credibility of Victim-Survivors.","authors":"Ellen Reeves, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Silke Meyer, Sandra Walklate","doi":"10.1177/10778012231220370","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231220370","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research has long demonstrated that victim-survivors of intimate partner violence face barriers to being believed when they seek help via the legal system and are simultaneously at risk of their abuser weaponizing the legal system against them. This article draws on the experiences of 54 women victim-survivors of coercive control in Australia who had experienced legal systems abuse within criminal and civil protection order systems. Drawing on feminist legal theory, we highlight that the legal system continues to disbelieve women and validate abusers. These experiences hold implications for victim-survivor views on the merits and risks of criminalizing coercive control.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"767-788"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792385/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138810556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2023-12-15DOI: 10.1177/10778012231220372
Samson Maekele Tsegay, Shewit Tecleberhan
{"title":"Violence Against Women: Experiences of Eritrean Refugee Women in Britain.","authors":"Samson Maekele Tsegay, Shewit Tecleberhan","doi":"10.1177/10778012231220372","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231220372","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a dearth of research on violence against women and girls among refugees, particularly in their host countries. Therefore, informed by a feminist theoretical framework and semistructured interviews, this study explores violence against women focusing on Eritrean refugee women's experiences in Britain. The findings suggest that Eritrean refugee women experience various types of violence, which have short- and long-term effects on their lives. Moreover, the data indicate that host and origin countries' socioeconomic and cultural situations shape the experiences of refugee women. The research aims to better understand violence against women among refugees and thus improve refugee women's experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"892-915"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138810562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas Longpré, Rowan E Moreton, Emilie J Snow, Fanni Kiszel, Molly A Fitzsimons
{"title":"Dark Traits, Harassment and Rape Myths Acceptances Among University Students.","authors":"Nicholas Longpré, Rowan E Moreton, Emilie J Snow, Fanni Kiszel, Molly A Fitzsimons","doi":"10.1177/0306624X221139037","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X221139037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The convergence of Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy and sadism is known as the \"Dark Tetrad.\" Our understanding of the relationship between the Dark Tetrad, harassment and Rape Myths is limited. While men are more likely to blame victims of sexual violence, it is unclear how gender influences the ability to perceive harassment. The aim of the present study is to look at the relationship between dark traits, gender, Rape Myths and perception of harassment. A sample of <i>N</i> = 210 university students located in England & Wales were recruited on SONA and social media platforms. Student's <i>t</i>-tests, Pearson's correlations, and multiple linear regressions were conducted. Analyses revealed gender differences for both Rape Myths endorsement and perception of harassment. Furthermore, a relationship between the dark traits, Rape Myths and perception of harassment was founded. These results have several implications, including our ability to understand perpetrators' characteristics, the impact of the Dark Tetrad on Rape Myths and perception of harassment, and our ability to develop effective prevention programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"352-372"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792390/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10369251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-05DOI: 10.1177/10778012231222491
Yuliya Shyrokonis, Sarah Peitzmeier, Malorie Ward, Lisa Fedina, Rich Tolman, Todd I Herrenkohl
{"title":"Help-Seeking and Service Utilization Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in Michigan During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Yuliya Shyrokonis, Sarah Peitzmeier, Malorie Ward, Lisa Fedina, Rich Tolman, Todd I Herrenkohl","doi":"10.1177/10778012231222491","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231222491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores formal and informal intimate partner violence (IPV) service use among women and transgender/nonbinary individuals in the state of Michigan during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 14.8% (<i>N</i> = 173) of participants experienced IPV during this period, and 70% utilized at least one formal IPV service (13.3%). Up to 22% of survivors reported wanting to seek formal help but not doing so due to fear of partner reprisal, contracting COVID-19, or COVID-related service reductions. White, pregnant, and part-time-employed survivors were most likely to seek informal help. Older, higher-income, white, part-time-employed, pregnant, and non-essential worker survivors were most likely to seek formal help.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"695-719"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139693025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-04DOI: 10.1177/10778012241230327
Cindy L Ogden, Leslie M Tutty
{"title":"\"We Get Our Healing Through Traditional Ways\": Canadian Indigenous Women's Use of Violence Against Women Shelters, Mainstream Counseling, and Traditional Healing.","authors":"Cindy L Ogden, Leslie M Tutty","doi":"10.1177/10778012241230327","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241230327","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We know little about what services are accessed by Indigenous women abused by intimate partners (IPV). This mixed-methods secondary analysis examines the demographics and narratives of 40 Canadian Indigenous women regarding their use of violence against women (VAW) emergency shelters (55%), second-stage VAW shelters (7.5%), mainstream community counseling (70%), and Indigenous healing practices (42.5%). Five women who identified as LGBTQ or two-spirit accessed community services but not VAW shelters. The women had experienced severe IPV, but scored below clinical cut-offs for depression, psychological distress, and PTSD. They described strengths, concerns, and barriers in accessing services. Implications for counselors are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"870-891"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792393/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139681550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-03-01Epub Date: 2024-01-09DOI: 10.1177/10778012231222487
Dayanga Randeniya, Charlene Y Senn
{"title":"Predictors of Rape Myth Acceptance Among South Asian Students in Canada.","authors":"Dayanga Randeniya, Charlene Y Senn","doi":"10.1177/10778012231222487","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231222487","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Transmission of rape myths is expected in every culture, yet limited research exists on rape myth acceptance (RMA) within global South Asian (SA) diasporas. We examined whether gender, attitudes toward gender roles, and patriarchal beliefs contributed to RMA among young SA adults in Canada. An ethnically diverse sample of 116 (ages 17-25) students, comprising equal numbers of men and women and domestic and international students, completed an online survey. SA students were generally egalitarian with low RMA similar to the majority of North American samples. As predicted, male gender, traditional attitudes towards SA women, and patriarchal beliefs were strong predictors of RMA.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"960-980"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792389/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139404587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}