Policy Issues for Improving Institutional Response to Domestic Violence

Langford, David

doi:10.1097/00005110-199601000-00008

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“…It is also essential that in addition to using psychometrically sound instruments to assess lethality risk, clinicians should listen to women's own perceptions of their risk of homicide, particularly because survivors are able to draw on the contextual factors of their relationships in a way that structured risk assessments may not (Connor-Smith et al, 2011). Many survivors, especially those who have been severely abused, are acutely aware of the possibility of homicide (Langford, 1996;Stuart & Campbell, 1989), but have difficulty assessing their degree of risk. However, some survivors do not perceive their risk to be as high as risk assessments suggest it is (Connor-Smith et al, 2011;Heckert & Gondolf, 2004;Messing & Thaller, 2013).…”

Section: Ipv Risk Assessmentsmentioning

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Do You Believe Your Partner is Capable of Killing You? An Examination of Female IPV Survivors’ Perceptions of Fatality Risk Indicators

Johnson

Cusano

Nikolova

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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Advocates in the field of intimate partner violence (IPV) have started to more actively engage survivors around their own perceptions of their lethality risk, as well as assist them in developing strategies for reducing and managing risk related to reassault and intimate partner homicide (IPH). Although research has examined the risk factors most associated with risk and utilized this information in the development and validation of risk assessment tools to be used with survivors, less is known about which indicators survivors most associate with lethality risk. This study aims to fill this gap by examining which risk indicators IPV survivors associate with fatality risk. Classification and regression tree analyses were used to differentiate between women who believed their partners were capable of killing them and those who did not. Data on a sample of 213 survivors of IPV used in this analysis were collected as part of a larger study in which a risk assessment instrument was piloted across four counties within New Jersey in 2016. More than three fourths of participants believed that their abuser was capable of killing them. Alhough the majority of survivors in the study felt as though their abusers were capable of killing them, there was variation in how survivors prioritized risk indicators. Factors associated with fatality risk included: (a) prior homicide threats; (b) whether the abusers had control over survivors’ daily activities; (c) abusers’ access to a gun; and (d) abusers’ drug use. Findings suggest that IPV survivors need targeted intervention strategies around IPH, particularly those at higher perceived risk levels given the presence of risk indicators and their perceptions of lethality threat.

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Do You Believe Your Partner is Capable of Killing You? An Examination of Female IPV Survivors’ Perceptions of Fatality Risk Indicators

Johnson

Cusano

Nikolova

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…Leaving the abusive relationship is a long and arduous process in the general population as well. Therefore, this sample may be selective in this regard (see Campbell, Rose, Kub, & Nedd, 1998;Landenburger, 1998;Langford, 1996;Sharps et al, 2001), because seven of the eight women survivors had left their marriages, and only one of the eight had remained in her marriage.…”

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Understanding Causes of and Responses to Intimate Partner Violence in a Jewish Orthodox Community: Survivors' and Leaders' Perspectives

Ringel¹,

Bina

2007

Research on Social Work Practice

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There has been little research on intimate partner violence (IPV) in faith-based communities. This qualitative study examines social attitudes and religious values in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that affect the incidence of IPV and prevent women survivors from seeking help. Interviews were conducted with 8 Orthodox women and 11 community leaders, and findings include the following: (a) causes of IPV were early marriage, separation of the sexes, and personality characteristics; (b) religious beliefs and social values were barriers to seeking help; and (c) the role of rabbis in education and marital intervention was viewed in markedly different ways by the two sets of respondents. Implications for practice and further research are discussed.

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“…5 La actitud de los profesionales de la salud hacia la violencia puede ser potencialmente perjudicial, y esto se ha observado en mujeres que señalan haber sido doblemente victimizadas: por parte del abusador, y también por parte del personal de salud que las responsabiliza del maltrato sufrido. ‡, [6][7][8] Los factores que contribuyen a generar esta dificultad de percepción y atención de la violencia son de diversa índole y abarcan niveles tanto micro como macrosociales. Entre los primeros, se ubican los factores de tipo personal que se ponen en juego en la interacción entre los agentes involucrados, que en este caso son el personal de los servicios y las usuarias de los mismos.…”

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Entre la negación y la impotencia: prestadores de servicios de salud ante la violencia contra las mujeres en México

Herrera

Rajsbaum

Agoff³

et al. 2006

Salud pública Méx

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Health care providers were categorized based on the extent to which they reproduced four"discourses about violence". These discourses influence their daily practice and are related to the informants' gender values and social positions. Most informants expressed their willingness to address the issue of domestic violence. CONCLUSIONS. Attention to and care for domestic violence is insufficient in health services; this may be due more closely related to a predominant discourse tolerating domestic violence among decision-makers, than to the attitudes of health care providers; the latter demonstrated greater awareness of women's rights.

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Policy Issues for Improving Institutional Response to Domestic Violence

Cited by 15 publications

References 15 publications

Do You Believe Your Partner is Capable of Killing You? An Examination of Female IPV Survivors’ Perceptions of Fatality Risk Indicators

Do You Believe Your Partner is Capable of Killing You? An Examination of Female IPV Survivors’ Perceptions of Fatality Risk Indicators

Understanding Causes of and Responses to Intimate Partner Violence in a Jewish Orthodox Community: Survivors' and Leaders' Perspectives

Entre la negación y la impotencia: prestadores de servicios de salud ante la violencia contra las mujeres en México

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