Title
The price of safety : hidden costs and unintended consequences for women in the domestic violence service system / Sara Shoener.
ISBN
9780826521231 (electronic book)
0826521231 (electronic book)
9780826521217
9780826521224
Published
Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 174 pages)
Call Number
HV6626.2 .S5445 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.82/9280973
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
"I was crazy and in court all the time" : the economic ripple effect of intimate partner violence
"They just focus on the fact that I'm screaming" : the enduring strain on social support
"Men get bonus points for just walking in the door" : the prioritization of two-parent families
"I'm not sure what they think I'm going to invest" : unaffordable safety
"They treat you like they're family" : the value of supportive relationships
Lowering the price of safety : toward structural solutions to intimate partner violence.
