The price of safety : hidden costs and unintended consequences for women in the domestic violence service system / Sara Shoener.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shoener, Sara Jane, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family violence--United States.

Family violence.

United States.

Victims of family violence--Services for--United States.

Victims of family violence.

Victims of family violence--Services for.

Physical Description:

x, 174 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Specialized public resources for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) are increasingly common and diverse--from protection order courts and dedicated domestic violence units in police precincts to a vast network of community-based emergency shelters and counseling services. Yet little consensus exists regarding which resources actually work to reduce violence and help survivors lead the lives they would like to live. This book is an account of these resources and IPV survivors' experiences with them in three communities in the United States. Through detailed observations of services such as court procedures, public benefits processes, and community-based IPV programs as well as in-depth interviews with dozens of IPV survivors and practitioners, Shoener describes how our current institutional response to IPV is often not useful--and sometimes quite harmful--for IPV survivors with the least material, social, and cultural capital to spare. For these women, as the interviews vividly record, IPV has long-term economic and social consequences, disrupting career paths and creating social isolation."-- Provided by publisher.

""Through in-depth ethnographic research, this book surveys intimate partner violence survivors' experiences of services intended to increase their safety, and along the way describes how many of these services can be inaccessible, irrelevant, and sometimes harmful, for those with the fewest resources to spare"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 "I was crazy rind in court all the time"

The Economic Ripple Effect of Intimate Partner Violence 43

2 "They just focus on the fact that I'm screaming" The Enduring Strain on Social Support 65

3 "Men get bonus points just for walking in the door" The Prioritization of Two-Parent Families 77

4 "I'm not so sure what they think I'm going to invest"

Unaffordable Safety 103

5 "They treat you like they're family"

The Value of Supportive Relationships 125

6 Lowering the Price of Safety: Toward Structural Solutions to Intimate Partner Violence 145.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Shoener, Sara Jane, 1981- author. Price of safety.

ISBN:

9780826521217

0826521215

9780826521224

0826521223

OCLC:

944381334