Empowerment and Programs Designed to Address Domestic Violence

Kasturirangan, Aarati

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“…If we think about the interventions that typically attend intimate partner violence, the primary goal is often to empower the victim (Kasturirangan 2008). In cases of sexual violence, establishing and respecting the victim's capacity to consent is the very crux of both strategies to empower the victim as well as any legal case that subsequently unfolds.…”

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Gendered Violence and the Ethics of Social Science Research

Mulla

Hlavka

2011

Violence Against Women

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Gendered Violence and the Ethics of Social Science Research

Mulla

Hlavka

2011

Violence Against Women

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“…The "Power and Control/Equality Wheels" are popular educational tools of relationship dynamics used in domestic violence shelters and coalitions across the United States. Building upon prior work exploring and examining women's empowerment in the context of IPV (Busch & Valentine, 2000;Davis & Srinivasan, 1995;Gutierrez, et al, 1998;Kasturirangan, 2008), our findings underscore how empowerment is essential, as well, for nonviolent adult sons of abused women in stopping the cycle of violence. We developed the "Empowerment Wheel for Sons of Abused Women" (see Figure 1) as an educational and therapeutic tool for helping professionals to use with male witnesses to prevent the intergenerational transmission of violence.…”

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Nonviolent Adult Sons of Abused Women: Ending the Cycle of Violence

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2017

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This grounded theory inquiry aimed to elicit nonviolent adult sons' (N=13) perceptions of what helped them to recover from childhood exposure to domestic violence (CEDV). Analysis of participants' transcripts revealed five important themes related to this transformation process: 1) committing to a life of nonviolence, 2) understanding and accepting the realities of their childhood, 3) choosing to forgive parents, 4) navigating adult child-parental contact and 5) accessing informal and formal support networks. This study's findings may be translated by helping professionals into prevention efforts and intervention strategies for male child witnesses to stop the cycle of violence.

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“…All program activities were guided by the program's positive service approach, with the aim of enhancing participants' self-esteem and self-efficacy. Thus, the MOVE program was informed by the strengths-based, empowerment philosophy that is frequently used in the delivery of IPV safety services for victims (Black 2003;Busch and Valentine 2000;Kasturirangan 2008;Wood and Middleman 1992), as well as Bandura's (1991) social cognitive theory. In practice, the program emphasized participants' strengths by empowering participants to serve as models for their group peers and by encouraging selfassessment of support, skills, and resources.…”

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An Innovative Program for Justice-Involved Partner Violence Victims: “No Man is Worth Me Getting Locked Up”

2012

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Violence victims who are the primary caregivers for their children sometimes become justice-involved through efforts to protect and defend against intimate partner violence (IPV). Judges often mandate these victims to community-based services, although little is known about these services. Given increasing numbers of such victims, two human service agencies collaborated to create a program for female IPV victims who were their children's primary caregivers and who were mandated to services for violence against a male partner. Our research team conducted a feasibility study of the program using an exploratory qualitative study design to collect data from program participants (n018) and providers (n07). Analyses determined three key findings: (a) the importance of a welcoming, comfortable environment; (b) the value of certain aspects of the program content; and (c) the importance of support from like others for participant improvement. These findings point to indispensable program elements. Implications for other communities and providers serving justice-involved IPV victims who are also primary caregivers are described.Intimate partner violence (IPV) between heterosexual partners affects a considerable number of women each year in the United States. According to census-based population projections, more than a million women each year and upward of 21 million women in their lifetimes will be victimized by a current or former spouse or cohabitating partner (Tjaden and Thoennes 2000a, b). Unfortunately, women who are victimized by IPV can also become involved with the justice system and subjected to legal sanctions as a result of their IPV experiences (Hamberger and Potente 1994;Miller 2001;Rajan and McCloskey 2007). The phrase justice-involved IPV victims is used here to describe this population of women who have experienced IPV victimization and have also been arrested for IPV perpetration. In this study, we particularly focused on female, justice-involved IPV victims who are the primary caregivers for their children. In other words, the program research participants were women who were: (a) principally victims of IPV; (b) identified as perpetrators by the justice system; and (c) mothers, grandmothers, or stepmothers who were the primary caregivers for their children, grandchildren, or stepchildren respectively.

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Empowerment and Programs Designed to Address Domestic Violence

Cited by 110 publications

References 16 publications

Gendered Violence and the Ethics of Social Science Research

Gendered Violence and the Ethics of Social Science Research

Nonviolent Adult Sons of Abused Women: Ending the Cycle of Violence

An Innovative Program for Justice-Involved Partner Violence Victims: “No Man is Worth Me Getting Locked Up”

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