The Influence of Supportive and Nonsupportive Persons in Helping Rural Women in Abusive Partner Relationships Become Free from Abuse

Negotiating Peril

“…With disclosure comes fear of the abuse being reported to child protective services, resulting in the child(ren) being removed from the abusive home. As a result, the network of family, friends, and resources that a woman relies on may actually be less supportive and place blame on the woman for her situation (Bosch & Bergen, 2006). Hence, it is not surprising that Taillieu and Brownridge (2010) found that women experiencing IPV during pregnancy are often less likely to receive support from social networks than non-abused pregnant women.…”

When Abuse Happens Again: Women's Reasons for Not Reporting New Incidents of Intimate Partner Abuse to Law Enforcement

“…The frequencies for the five combined categories are presented in Table 3; additional quotes within these categories, representing common responses among the 102 women, are provided in Table 2. Friends' Opinions About Calling the Police One line of research within the help-seeking literature is identifying who battered women turn to for support and how supportive the disclosure recipient is (Belknap et al 2009;Bosch and Bergen 2006). During the Time 3 interview Said that they did not report the abuse because of being dissatisfied with the criminal legal system 47% Felt that it was not serious enough or were concerned that they would not be taken seriously…”

“…When victims are asked about their disclosures of IPA, friends are frequently identified as the people, or among the people, most likely to know (Belknap et al 2008;Rose, Campbell, and Kub 2000). Furthermore, when women are asked to rate levels of support among those who know about the IPA, friends are often reported by women as the most or among the most supportive (e.g., Belknap et al 2008;Bosch and Bergen 2006;El-Bassel et al 2001). In their efforts to minimize the abuse to themselves, some women do not disclose their IPA victimization to friends or other potential supporters (Dunham and Senn 2000), particularly if they are still with their abusers (Belknap et al 2008).…”

Backward, Dumb, and Violent Hillbillies? Rural Geographies and Intersectional Studies on Intimate Partner Violence

“…Existing research employs both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The work discussed in this article include statistical analyses based on surveys on experiences of rural IPV both among victims themselves and service providers (Bosch & Bergen, 2006;Brownridge, 2009;Grossman, Hinkley, Kawalski & Margrave, 2005;Lanier & Maume, 2009;Logan, Walker, Cole, Ratliff, & Leukefeld, 2003;Logan, Stevenson, Evans, & Leukefeld, C. (2004); Peek-Asa et al, 2011;Shannon, Logan, Cole & Medley, 2006) and studies that use qualitative ethnographic and interview methodologies (Davis, Taylor & Furniss, 2000;DeKeseredy & Schwartz, 2009;Shepherd, 2001;Websdale, 1998, Websdale & Johnson, 1997Wendt, 2009) I also refer to some significant reviews on rural IPV (Adler 1996;Grama 2000;Pruitt 2008). Existing research is predominantly from the United states, Canada and Australia and little discussion exist on the cultural and contextual variability in cases of rural IPV.…”