1. The Complicity of the State in the Intimate Abuse of Immigrant Women

Mosher, Janet

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“…While neoliberal capitalism has led to a rapid rise in the participation rate of women in the paid labor force, their ongoing gendered responsibilities for care work in the domestic sphere perpetuates ongoing economic disparities between men and women (see Holtmann forthcoming; Kalleberg ; Vosko ). Moreover, economic globalization has produced a large flow of migrant workers and abused women among them are subject to many barriers in seeking information, police protection, and public health services in the countries to which they immigrate where they may not speak the language or understand the laws (Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity ; Miedema and Wacholz ; Mosher ).…”

Section: Vulnerability Resiliency and Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Presidential Address: Going Public: The Art and Science of Researching Domestic Violence and Religion

Nason‐Clark

2018

Scientific Study of Religion

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Going public with our research is both an "art" and a "science." It involves elements of "vulnerability" and elements of "resiliency," two key themes that have emerged in my program of research on domestic violence and religion. I harness the concepts of vulnerability and resiliency to argue that public engagement involves the scholar in an ongoing negotiation between the science and the art of disseminating his or her research results. The article concludes with references to our web-based resources (http://www.theraveproject.org) and the way we have used stained glass to tell the story of research results.

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Section: Vulnerability Resiliency and Intimate Partner Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Presidential Address: Going Public: The Art and Science of Researching Domestic Violence and Religion

Nason‐Clark

2018

Scientific Study of Religion

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“…This research participant's life was at risk because she was ineligible for early settlement services and unsure of her rights given her precarious non-citizenship status (S1, Participant #6). The structural dependency of immigrant women on the sponsorship of their husbands creates conditions of precarious non-citizenship in which they feel trapped in life-threatening situations (Cottrell et al, 2009;Fong, 2010;Mosher, 2009).…”

Section: Precarious Non-citizenship: Substantive Issuesmentioning

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Coming and going: the impacts of precarious work and non-citizenship on immigrant in- and out-migration in New Brunswick

Holtman

Thériault

2017

IJMBS

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Based on the qualitative analysis of data collected from 52 immigrant women who lived in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, this article describes how their experiences of precarious employment and precarious non-citizenship intersect with factors unique to the provincial context. The women's experiences of precarity in this context help to explain immigrant out-migration. Although engaged in low skill occupations, women who arrive in New Brunswick with temporary work permits are more satisfied with the particular conditions of precarity than those with higher education levels or with high skill professional experience. This is largely due to a segmented labour market and a lack of social citizenship in the province. All immigrant women report anxiety and stress concerning the precarious pathway to full legal citizenship. Immigrant women are attracted to the province by the government's population growth strategy yet the particular intersections of precarious work and precarious non-citizenship push them elsewhere in Canada in search of greater economic and social security.

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“…Although laced with good intentions, proponents of mandatory charging did not anticipate the potentially detrimental effects of conflating victim safety with the removal of victim choice, and of assuming that all victims view the police as protectors. The few available studies that explore the impact of aggressive criminal justice interventions uncover the multitude of immigrant specific factors that exacerbate the structural vulnerability of abused women: precarious immigration status, financial and linguistic dependency, employment barriers, isolation, and fears of being ostracized by their communities have all been flagged as concerns (Wachholz and Miedema 2000;Martin and Mosher 1995;Mosher 2005). Wachholz and Miedema (2000), for instance, found that over half of the 48 women in their study reported that police intervention would "isolate them from friends and community, foster feelings of disempowerment and place them in positions where they are forced to interact with someone who they may not trust, but who has power over them" (Wachholz and Miedema 2000:308).…”

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“…13 The sudden loss of financial support following the unexpected removal of abusers from homes leaves many women unprepared for managing households, rent, and mortgages on their own. Although many economically disadvantaged, Canadian-born victims of abuse may also share this fate, the consequences for immigrant women are far worse, given the barriers they encounter in the labour market or when attempting to access social assistance (see Mosher 2005). 14 The employment difficulties endured by 11.…”

Section: The Impact Of Mandated Criminal Justice Intervention On Immimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Victims in these situations frequently phone agencies requesting help to get charges 22. For a more extensive discussion of categories of exclusion that prevent abused immi-For a more extensive discussion of categories of exclusion that prevent abused immigrant women from accessing social assistance and other services, see Mosher (2005). 23.…”

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In Between the System and the Margins: Community Organizations, Mandatory Charging and Immigrant Victims of Abuse

Singh¹

2009

Can. J. Soc.

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The literature on mandatory charging and prosecution policies consistently finds that zero tolerance approaches to woman abuse often harm, rather than help, abused immigrant women. The unexpected removal of abusers triggers detrimental consequences if women are dependent on their partners for immigration status, financial assistance and linguistic support. The violence that immigrant women experience at the hands of the police and courts has led to repeated calls to shift the responsibility of women abuse from the criminal justice system to the community. However, accessing community supports may not be so straightforward either. For a variety of reasons, many abused immigrant women find silence less risky than disclosing abuse. These dilemmas highlight the importance of acquiring more insight into the mediating role that community organizations perform between the criminal justice system and immigrant communities. Accordingly, the following exploratory study offers a glimpse into the anti-violence work of immigrant community organizations in Toronto, Ontario.

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1. The Complicity of the State in the Intimate Abuse of Immigrant Women

Cited by 11 publications

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Presidential Address: Going Public: The Art and Science of Researching Domestic Violence and Religion

Presidential Address: Going Public: The Art and Science of Researching Domestic Violence and Religion

Coming and going: the impacts of precarious work and non-citizenship on immigrant in- and out-migration in New Brunswick

In Between the System and the Margins: Community Organizations, Mandatory Charging and Immigrant Victims of Abuse

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