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.

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

Victims of family violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2016.

Summary:

""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.

" 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.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. "I was crazy and in court all the time": The Economic Ripple Effect of Intimate Partner Violence

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

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

4. "I'm not so sure what they think I'm going to invest": Unaffordable Safety

5. "They treat you like they're family": The Value of Supportive Relationships

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

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826521231

0826521231

OCLC:

945586114