Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2025-12-05DOI: 10.1177/10778012251401890
Angelos Kissas, Afroditi Koulaxi
{"title":"The Platformized Communication of Femicide in Greece: A Populist Critique of Gendered Violence From Feminist Community Pages on Social Media.","authors":"Angelos Kissas, Afroditi Koulaxi","doi":"10.1177/10778012251401890","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012251401890","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article enquires into the communication of femicides in Greece as a discursive struggle over the emotional and moral recognition of their victims, waged through social media platforms. It is, specifically, interested in how high-traffic Greek feminist community pages on Facebook and Instagram engaged with incidents of women killings in 2021, the year that femicide rates peaked in the country. The article suggests that these pages develop a feminist-populist critique of femicide caught up in the algorithmic bias of platformized communication and reflects on whether this critique can not only raise awareness of gendered violence but also highlight the structural conditions under which it occurs.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"5412-5434"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145688140","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 : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2025-11-03DOI: 10.1177/10778012251391135
Amanda Urbizo-Haukjaer, Carlos Benitez Cruz, Jessica Shaw
{"title":"Centering Latinx Survivors: A Critical Examination of Sexual Assault Dynamics Among Latinx Survivors Who Sought Medical Care.","authors":"Amanda Urbizo-Haukjaer, Carlos Benitez Cruz, Jessica Shaw","doi":"10.1177/10778012251391135","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012251391135","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While Latinx individuals constitute nearly 20% of the U.S. population, few gender-based violence studies have focused on or prioritized Latinx survivors to examine their unique experiences and patterns related to sexual assault. After critically interrogating how individuals and communities are racialized as Latinx in the United States, we use 5 years of statewide data to document sexual assault dynamics among Latinx survivors who sought post-assault medical care. Our findings offer insights to improve responses and support for Latinx individuals. This research underscores the importance of intentional and culturally specific approaches in studying and addressing sexual assault among populations racialized as Latinx.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"5136-5162"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145439345","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}
Child MaltreatmentPub Date : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2025-10-14DOI: 10.1177/10775595251388610
Yujeong Chang, Olivia D Chang, Junyeong Yang, Kierra Sattler, Susan Yoon
{"title":"Patterns of Protective Factors Following Childhood Maltreatment and Youth Developmental Outcomes.","authors":"Yujeong Chang, Olivia D Chang, Junyeong Yang, Kierra Sattler, Susan Yoon","doi":"10.1177/10775595251388610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251388610","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines heterogeneity of protective factors (PFs) following experiences of childhood maltreatment and their associations with youths' key developmental outcomes-social skills, positive functioning, and depressive symptoms. Using data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (<i>N</i> = 1,804), we employed latent class analysis to identify distinct PF profiles across family, school, and neighborhood contexts. Three classes emerged: (1) <i>Overall high PFs</i> (63.5%), (2) <i>High family-level, low community-level PFs</i> (32.7%), and (3) <i>Low family-level, high community-level PFs</i> (3.8%). Youth in the <i>Overall high PFs</i> class demonstrated more favorable outcomes, while youth in the <i>Low</i> <i>family-level,</i> <i>high</i> <i>community-level PFs</i> class showed poorer adjustment. Findings underscore the importance of understanding how distinct clusters of PFs across ecological domains shape youth development following experiences of childhood maltreatment. Results have implications for understanding resilience and emphasize the need for interventions that support protective resources across ecological domains.</p>","PeriodicalId":48052,"journal":{"name":"Child Maltreatment","volume":"31 4","pages":"687-699"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Child MaltreatmentPub Date : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1177/10775595251415193
Joshua P Mersky, ChienTi Plummer Lee
{"title":"Dimensional Modeling of Adverse Childhood Experiences: An Empirical Analysis and Critique.","authors":"Joshua P Mersky, ChienTi Plummer Lee","doi":"10.1177/10775595251415193","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10775595251415193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dimensional models of adversity are growing in popularity, but they have also been subjected to critique. For this analysis, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) data were drawn from a cohort of low-income adults to evaluate the Dimensional Model of Adversity and Psychopathology, which distinguishes experiences of threat and deprivation, and a recent extension of the life history model that differentiates three dimensions: (1) harshness/threat; (2) harshness/deprivation; (3) unpredictability. Confirmatory factor analyses of an expanded ACE assessment showed that both models fit the data well, though there were signs of low discriminant validity between dimensions. Harshness/threat was more strongly correlated with some physical and mental health outcomes and unpredictability was more strongly correlated with some indicators of risk behavior. Findings were largely consistent across models using latent measures and basic ACE scores. Further research is needed that compares dimensional models to cumulative risk models that are rudimentary but highly replicable.</p>","PeriodicalId":48052,"journal":{"name":"Child Maltreatment","volume":" ","pages":"624-636"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145946352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceived Control, Likelihood, and Severity as Explanations of Fear of the Police.","authors":"Keara A Werth, Joseph A Hamm","doi":"10.1177/0306624X261436045","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0306624X261436045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Addressing the contemporary relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve calls for nuanced attention to how individuals construct the emotions they experience toward police. One important such consideration is fear. Leveraging three established psychological conduits of fear of crime proposed by Jackson (perceptions of likelihood, severity, and control), we investigate the psychological construction of fear of unjustified police harm and how those relationships may differ across racial/ethnic identities. Results suggest that perceptions of the likelihood and severity of police harm independently predict fear, but that control plays a much more limited role. Additionally, our analyses provide little evidence that these relationships are importantly different as a function of the focal individual's race/ethnicity. We therefore argue that interventions designed to improve public attitudes toward the police that focus on improving perceptions of its likelihood and severity are particularly worthwhile. Given its clear role in many other risky contexts but the lack of strong evidence in our data, we also call for future research to better understand what role, if any, is played by control.</p>","PeriodicalId":48041,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology","volume":" ","pages":"1508-1529"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147724414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"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 : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2025-10-31DOI: 10.1177/10778012251391137
Pei-Ru Liao
{"title":"Misrepresenting Domestic Violence Survivors' Needs Under Bureaucratic Control: The Depoliticization of Outsourced DV Services in Taiwan.","authors":"Pei-Ru Liao","doi":"10.1177/10778012251391137","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012251391137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article uses Nancy Fraser's theory of social justice to analyze outsourced domestic violence (DV) services in Taiwan. The article is based on interviews with 15 social workers employed in a large NGO across the island. The study reveals how bureaucratic control and quantified work performance metrics compromise service quality and marginalize survivors' needs. Administrative imperatives undermine social workers' efforts to provide customized, in-depth services based on survivors' needs. This article highlights the tensions between bureaucratic rationalities and social justice commitments in outsourced DV services.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"5435-5457"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145423079","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 : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2025-10-28DOI: 10.1177/10778012251391131
Loshni Nair, Charity Lee, Surinderpal Kaur
{"title":"Blame Anticipation in Personal Narratives of Rape.","authors":"Loshni Nair, Charity Lee, Surinderpal Kaur","doi":"10.1177/10778012251391131","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012251391131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rape myths and behaviors indexed as \"appropriate\" create \"common sense\" resources to explain away rape by sanctioning victim-blaming. Victim-blaming talk has been identified in perpetrators, formal service providers, and the public. This qualitative study examines narratives constructed by 12 individuals who experienced rape to identify the discursive tools employed as they formulate accounts to justify their actions. Findings imply that assumptions of blameworthy behavior are informed by rape myths and \"ideal\" victim traits. Offering accounts in anticipation of blame, they display an awareness of myths and standards that may be leveraged to hold them accountable for \"contributing\" to the attack.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"5053-5082"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145393356","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 : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2025-12-03DOI: 10.1177/10778012251400240
Erica Liebermann, Melissa Sutherland
{"title":"Barriers and Facilitators to Screening College Women for Intimate Partner Violence/Sexual Violence in Campus Health Centers: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Erica Liebermann, Melissa Sutherland","doi":"10.1177/10778012251400240","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012251400240","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>About 25% of college women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) or sexual violence (SV). Routine screening can identify those experiencing violence, refer them for care and mitigate long-term sequelae. We interviewed 35 healthcare providers to explore barriers and facilitators to IPV/SV screening in U.S. college health centers. Individual-level barriers were personal discomfort asking about IPV/SV and perceived student resistance to being asked. Organizational barriers included lack of established policies/procedures, inadequate time/staffing and referral resources and perceived lack of standardized IPV/SV screening guidelines. Facilitators were having IPV/SV screening questions within the electronic health record and universal approaches to IPV/SV screening.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"5029-5052"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12866886/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145670030","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}
Child MaltreatmentPub Date : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2026-01-16DOI: 10.1177/10775595251409353
Sabine van der Asdonk, Renate S M Buisman, Lenneke R A Alink, Anouk Goemans, Daisy J H Smeets, Jolien H van Boven, Mariëlle R Bruning
{"title":"Going Home: Predictors of Reunification and Reentry in Dutch Child Protection Cases.","authors":"Sabine van der Asdonk, Renate S M Buisman, Lenneke R A Alink, Anouk Goemans, Daisy J H Smeets, Jolien H van Boven, Mariëlle R Bruning","doi":"10.1177/10775595251409353","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10775595251409353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated predictors of reunification and reentry for children in Dutch out-of-home care. Case files of 340 children (aged 0-16) placed out of home in 2018 were coded and analyzed. Potential predictors were identified with bivariate correlations. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to predict the time until reunification, and a logistic regression to predict reentry. Within 6 years of placement, 42% of the children were reunified with their parents - of which 26% reentered out-of-home care. Professional support directed at the parents during placement more than doubled the likelihood of reunification. In contrast, multiple placement shifts, parental history of childhood maltreatment, limited parenting capacities, and parental intellectual disability decreased this likelihood. Among reunified children, parental childhood maltreatment, domestic violence, and placement in group care increased the risk of reentry in out-of-home care. Our findings underscore the importance of targeted professional support during and after the process of reunification.</p>","PeriodicalId":48052,"journal":{"name":"Child Maltreatment","volume":" ","pages":"739-750"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13616033/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145991433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Child MaltreatmentPub Date : 2026-11-01Epub Date: 2026-01-02DOI: 10.1177/10775595251408453
Zsofia A Szojka, Breanne E Wylie, Agnieszka M Nogalska, Annabel Reay, Thomas D Lyon
{"title":"Recanting Children's Descriptions of Influences and Pressures to Recant Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse.","authors":"Zsofia A Szojka, Breanne E Wylie, Agnieszka M Nogalska, Annabel Reay, Thomas D Lyon","doi":"10.1177/10775595251408453","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10775595251408453","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined interviews with 53 4 to 15-year-old children recanting sexual abuse to determine whether they were forthcoming about potential influences and pressures that could have led them to recant. The great majority (87%) of children mentioned one or more influences or pressures. With respect to influences, about half of children mentioned their positive feelings for the suspect, and about a third mentioned negative consequences for the suspect. About 30% disclosed that their immediate family missed the suspect. About half mentioned concerns about separation from their family, and almost 30% discussed negative consequences for their mother. Pressures from others were mentioned by about half of children. They rarely mentioned pressures from the suspect, but over a third disclosed family pressures, most often the lack of maternal support. Over two-thirds of children described feeling guilty and other internal influences. The results provide preliminary support for questioning recanting children about influences and pressures.</p>","PeriodicalId":48052,"journal":{"name":"Child Maltreatment","volume":" ","pages":"649-661"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13616030/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145892007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}