Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-19DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214772
Marianne Hester, Emma Williamson, Nathan Eisenstadt, Hilary Abrahams, Nadia Aghtaie, Lis Bates, Geetanjali Gangoli, Amanda Robinson, Sarah-Jane Walker, Elizabeth McCarthy, Andrea Matolcsi, Natasha Mulvihill
{"title":"What Is Justice? Perspectives of Victims-Survivors of Gender-Based Violence.","authors":"Marianne Hester, Emma Williamson, Nathan Eisenstadt, Hilary Abrahams, Nadia Aghtaie, Lis Bates, Geetanjali Gangoli, Amanda Robinson, Sarah-Jane Walker, Elizabeth McCarthy, Andrea Matolcsi, Natasha Mulvihill","doi":"10.1177/10778012231214772","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231214772","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores \"how do victims-survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) experience and perceive justice?\" based on interviews with 251 victims-survivors with experience of different types of GBV and criminal, civil, and family justice systems. Victims-survivors were found to have multiple perceptions of justice, related to different points in their journey following abuse and regarding individual, community, and societal responses. Perceptions relate to accountability; fairness in outcome and process; protection from future harm; recognition; agency; empowerment; affective justice; reparation; and social transformation. Current understandings of justice in legislative and policy approaches reproduce the \"justice gap\" by failing to take account of how survivors themselves understand and demand justice.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"570-597"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138048061","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-16DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214774
Shon M Reed
{"title":"\"It's Not Something That I Realized Until I Started Working Here\": A Constructivist Grounded Theory of Knowledge Transmission in Victim Service Providers.","authors":"Shon M Reed","doi":"10.1177/10778012231214774","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231214774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>National estimates indicate that intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts people of all social demographics. Although IPV is a pervasive issue, LGBTQ+ individuals and heterosexual men note stark disparities in responses from victim advocates compared to heterosexual women. To highlight the influence of agency training on advocates' perceptions of IPV and diverse survivor populations, interviews were conducted with victim advocates and constructivist grounded theory methods were employed. Analyses show that advocates undergo a three-phase process of learning about IPV when starting at their agencies. Advocate's narratives highlight limitations in training and the importance of workplace experiences in growing understanding of IPV.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"498-523"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399445","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10778012231216719
Marcos Claudio Signorelli, Raiza Wallace Guimarães da Rocha, Casey D Xavier Hall, Sandra Marques Prado, Dabney P Evans
{"title":"\"Everything That Is Here, I Have Lived\": A Triangulated Analysis of an Intimate Partner Violence Assessment Tool in Curitiba, Brazil.","authors":"Marcos Claudio Signorelli, Raiza Wallace Guimarães da Rocha, Casey D Xavier Hall, Sandra Marques Prado, Dabney P Evans","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216719","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216719","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using a mixed-methods triangulation approach we piloted the Composite Abuse Scale-Brazilian version (CAS-Brazil) at the House of the Brazilian Woman of Curitiba among 62 survivors of intimate partner violence and four professionals serving survivors to assess its feasibility for use. Quantitative data were tabulated using descriptive statistics while qualitative data were recorded, coded, and thematically analyzed. Four qualitative domains emerged: (a) conceptual understanding; (b) item definitions; (c) women's experiences; and (d) professionals' perspectives. Comprehension of the CAS-Brazil appeared high across participants from diverse backgrounds. Professionals viewed it as highly feasible for use in Brazilian cross-sectoral services to support survivor decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"351-375"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138446386","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1177/10778012231216714
Lisa Young Larance, Susan L Miller, Pamela Collins, Lin Liu
{"title":"Department of the Air Force Family Advocacy Program: Exploring the Impact of an Antiviolence Intervention Program for Women.","authors":"Lisa Young Larance, Susan L Miller, Pamela Collins, Lin Liu","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216714","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216714","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This mixed-methods study explores the impact of the Vista curriculum, a trauma-informed antiviolence intervention program for women who have used force in their intimate relationships, delivered by the Department of the Air Force Family Advocacy Program clinicians. Questions sought to understand any changes in personal growth, self-awareness, beliefs, and relationship interaction skills for 62 cisgender women. Findings suggest that women gained personal growth, self-awareness, and increased relationship tools. Women identified the positive impact cofacilitator support and non-judgment had on them and their ability to heal from their experiences and increase their awareness of viable non-forceful alternatives. Policy and practice implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"475-497"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300130","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1177/10778012231216711
Jacquelyn C A Meshelemiah, Atelma C Thanises, Philomina Oyeh Yeboah
{"title":"Sex Trafficked Women, Drug Dealers, and Men Who Buy Sex: A Look at \"Race\".","authors":"Jacquelyn C A Meshelemiah, Atelma C Thanises, Philomina Oyeh Yeboah","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216711","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216711","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Black, Native American, Latinx, Asian, and Pacific Islander women all have histories of sexual violence in the United States. Their historical victimizations have set a precedence for contemporary commercial sex victimization. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of \"race\" in sex trafficking. Data from 50 women with sex trafficking histories resulted in three candidate themes and five subthemes that include (a) sex trafficked women (White women, Black women vs. White women, and all women with unique subthemes related to drug use and locations); (b) Black male traffickers; and (c) Black and White male customers.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"637-663"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300132","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-17DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214775
Balawyn Jones, Akuch Kuol Anyieth
{"title":"CALD Communities as \"Collateral Damage\" in the Criminalization of Coercive Control: An Argument for Prioritizing Civil System Reform Over Further Criminalization in Victoria.","authors":"Balawyn Jones, Akuch Kuol Anyieth","doi":"10.1177/10778012231214775","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231214775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When posing the question of whether Victoria should follow other Australian states in criminalizing coercive control as a form of domestic and family violence (DFV), there are many arguments in favor of and against in the literature. However, scholars and advocates from marginalized communities, or in allyship with marginalized communities, tend to be cautious of embracing further criminalization, particularly due to the risks such an approach poses for women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This paper argues that women from marginalized communities are treated as \"collateral damage\" in the campaign to eliminate DFV via criminal law interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"598-616"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399446","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1177/10778012231216715
Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Iris Cardenas, Melissa Meinhart, Nathaly Rubio-Torio
{"title":"Different Types of Intimate Partner Violence Among Latinx Women: A Call for Expanded Measurement, Screening, and Safety Planning.","authors":"Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Iris Cardenas, Melissa Meinhart, Nathaly Rubio-Torio","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216715","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216715","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite increased attention on intimate partner violence (IPV) among Latinx women in the United States, measurement often overlooks economic abuse, reproductive coercion, institution-related threats, and technology-facilitated abuse. Using a broad range of measures, this paper examines prevalence and correlations between different types of IPV among a sample of 38 Latinx women enrolled into a pilot study. Results indicate consistently high prevalence of IPV types and significant correlations between several types of abuse (including sexual abuse, technology-facilitated abuse, and institution-related threats). Findings emphasize the need for comprehensive IPV measurement, screening, expanded safety planning, and research on the impact of these types of abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"376-397"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138441266","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-12-21DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214773
Taylor L Ceroni, Samantha C Holmes, Nuha Alshabani, Kristin E Silver, Dawn M Johnson
{"title":"The Role of Race, Social Support, Empowerment, and Posttraumatic Cognitions in Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.","authors":"Taylor L Ceroni, Samantha C Holmes, Nuha Alshabani, Kristin E Silver, Dawn M Johnson","doi":"10.1177/10778012231214773","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231214773","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Black women experience more frequent and severe intimate partner violence (IPV), but there are mixed findings on their posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity. This may be explained by cultural-salient factors which are associated with fewer posttraumatic cognitions. We hypothesized an indirect effect of race on PTSD symptoms via social support, empowerment, and posttraumatic cognitions, serially. Path analysis revealed Black women reported increased social support, which was associated with higher levels of empowerment, which was associated with lower levels of posttraumatic cognitions. Decreased posttraumatic cognitions were associated with less severe PTSD symptoms. Results increase understanding of culturally-salient factors that may impact PTSD symptoms in Black women.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"524-546"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11190036/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138831722","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 : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214771
Ramazan Bozkurt, Füsun Terzioğlu, Suna Uysal Yalçın, Zeynep Zonp, Mehtap Akkoç, Laura Sinko, Denise M Saint Arnault
{"title":"Healing After Violence: The Effect of Perception of Social Support on Posttraumatic Growth in Female University Students.","authors":"Ramazan Bozkurt, Füsun Terzioğlu, Suna Uysal Yalçın, Zeynep Zonp, Mehtap Akkoç, Laura Sinko, Denise M Saint Arnault","doi":"10.1177/10778012231214771","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231214771","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the Turkish validity and reliability of the Healing After Gender-based Violence Scale (GBV-Heal) and the relationship between social support perception, posttraumatic growth in university students who are victims of gender-based violence. The study sample consisted of 167 female students who experienced gender-based violence. The Turkish version of GBV-Heal of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value was 0.892; the Bartlett Sphericity Test result was determined as χ<sup>2</sup> = 195,053, and the obtained variables were found suitable for factor analysis. Perception of social support related to post-violence healing in female university students is effective on posttraumatic growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"547-569"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300131","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}
{"title":"\"I Was Trying to Be the Mother to Her That I Didn't Have\": Mothers' Experiences of Child Sexual Abuse and Intergenerational Maltreatment.","authors":"Carley Marshall, Mylène Fernet, Audrey Brassard, Rachel Langevin","doi":"10.1177/10778012231216712","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231216712","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Child sexual abuse (CSA) can have lasting negative impacts on one's sense of safety and trust, ultimately affecting the quality of relationships, and increasing the likelihood of future victimization experiences. The present study provides a qualitative description of the themes that were generated through interviews conducted with 23 mothers who experienced CSA (dis)continuity (12 continuity, 11 discontinuity). The mothers described a variety of experiences related to parent-child and romantic relationships and parenting behaviors, which could be further researched and targeted by interventions to reduce the risk of intergenerational cycles of maltreatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"664-692"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138462967","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}