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Book Domestic Violence against Immigrant Women in San Diego County  An Examination of Vulnerabilities and Support Resources

Download or read book Domestic Violence against Immigrant Women in San Diego County An Examination of Vulnerabilities and Support Resources written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject Social Work, grade: 1,0, San Diego State University, course: Refugees and Immigrants in Contemporary American Society, language: English, abstract: This paper will provide insight into the hidden realm of domestic violence against female immigrants, examining their specific vulnerabilities, needs, and the available support services as well as their blind spots. Despite the increasing numbers of domestic violence cases, battered immigrant women lack the political advocacy necessary to address the issue decisively. A crucial step to achieve this is increasing and improving the financial and personnel support for immigrant organizations (IO) and existing services for domestic violence survivors. Violence and abuse against women can practically occur in all places and in all situations they encounter in their daily lives. Typical ways to classify these acts of violence are based on the location where the violent act takes place, the identity of the perpetrator(s), or their motives. Accordingly, one can distinguish between domestic violence, violence in public spaces, or violence at the workplace, as well as between violence by (intimate) partners, family members, work contacts, authority figures, or strangers. When violence and abuse occur solely because of a woman’s female identity, it is referred to as misogynistic violence or in extreme cases, femicide, which is the intentional killing of women for the sole reason that they are women. The source of domestic violence against women is not always the intimate partner, it can also involve fathers, brothers, or other household members. Nonetheless, intimate partner violence constitutes the overwhelming majority of domestic violence cases against women and serves as basis of the definition provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Book Domestic Violence and New Americans

Download or read book Domestic Violence and New Americans written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hiding in Plain Sight

Download or read book Hiding in Plain Sight written by Wendy Chan and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrant women are not only at greater risk of experiencing domestic violence but they also under-utilize mainstream services because their needs are not adequately met there. Understanding their situation involves recognizing that their views and experiences of domestic violence are influenced by the intersections of gender, race, class and immigration. Immigrant women may not access these services because they are unavailable in their community or the women are not aware of the services, or because the services and intervention strategies are not linguistically and culturally appropriate, portable, or coordinated with other services. As a result, the outcomes and solutions provided are often compromised and unsatisfactory. Many immigrant women stay in the abusive relationship, essentially hiding in plain sight, due to the inadequate support available and despite the extraordinary efforts of many service providers. Based on interviews with service providers from the immigration, criminal justice and family justice systems in four different communities in BC, Hiding in Plain Sight examines the barriers encountered by abused immigrant women across Canada as they seek services and support, and identifies the key challenges for abused immigrant women accessing services as well as the struggles service organizations experience in meeting their needs.

Book Regional Perspectives in the Global Fight Against Human Trafficking

Download or read book Regional Perspectives in the Global Fight Against Human Trafficking written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Immigrant Women s Domestic Violence Service Inc

Download or read book Immigrant Women s Domestic Violence Service Inc written by Immigrant Women's Domestic Violence Service and published by . This book was released on 2009* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Violence Never Heals

Download or read book Violence Never Heals written by Allison Bloom and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores experiences with disability and aging for immigrant survivors of domestic violence across the life course Across the United States, one in three women experiences violence in their intimate relationships. More resources are now being devoted to providing these women with immediate care; but what happens to survivors, especially those from marginalized communities, as they grow older and grapple with the long-term effects? In Violence Never Heals, Allison Bloom presents a life-course perspective on the disabling experience of violence in Latina immigrant communities. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork performed in a Latina program at an Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) crisis center, Bloom offers insights into the long-term effects of systemic and gender-based violence, revealing that these experiences become subtly disabling long before old age. Drawing from her own background as a practitioner, Bloom further details how current IPV services fail to acknowledge and accommodate such effects, in large part because of their disproportionate focus on younger survivors and the particular development of the domestic violence services field. She offers both scholars and practitioners concrete strategies for how they can alter their approaches to better treat and mitigate the lifelong effects of domestic violence. Violence Never Heals addresses a glaring omission in IPV scholarship, providing both an aging-focused perspective on IPV as well as laying out concrete steps for how to implement this perspective in pursuit of more comprehensive treatment.

Book An Assessment of East County  San Diego  for a Relationship Violence Program Using the Community Readiness Model

Download or read book An Assessment of East County San Diego for a Relationship Violence Program Using the Community Readiness Model written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study applies the Community Readiness Model and its assessment tool to determine the level of readiness for change regarding domestic violence in the eastern communities of San Diego County, California. Domestic violence is an issue that affects all populations in the United States regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, or socioeconomic status. Costs associated with domestic violence are estimated at over $10 billion per year, as well as an increased prevalence of mental and physical health issues compared to non-victims. The East County Domestic Violence Coalition, founded in response to an increase in the incidence of domestic violence in the region, utilized the Community Readiness Model's key informant interview to identify which of the nine levels of readiness East County ranks. An anchored rating scale is used to score interviewee responses on six dimensions that embody significant influences in a community in regards to knowledge, attitude, and resources. Once a score is computed for each of the six dimensions, those scores are then averaged to determine an overall readiness level. Readiness scores are useful to researchers and program planners as baseline measures, and can be used to determine which programs or activities are most appropriate based on a community's attitudes and perceptions. Nine key informant interviews were completed and analyzed according to procedures outlined in the handbook entitled Community Readiness: A Handbook for Successful Change, the results of which place East County in the Preplanning stage. This level of readiness indicates that the residents of East County understand that domestic violence is an issue in their community but have not made efforts to correct the problem. East County's next steps should include: working to make the six dimension scores comparable, building Coalition membership, and creating trust between community members and leaders. Continued use of the Community Readiness Model's key informant assessment tool will provide East County with the measurement by which to track their progress.

Book Domestic Violence Among Undocumented Latina Immigrants

Download or read book Domestic Violence Among Undocumented Latina Immigrants written by Ana I. Quiroz and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this project was to locate a potential funding source and write a grant for a comprehensive case management program to provide culturally sensitive services for Latina immigrant victims of domestic violence in Sonoma County. An extensive literature review helped to identify the needs and barriers to and gaps in support services for Latina immigrants, especially those with undocumented status. The Office of Violence Against Women, Culturally Specific Services Grant was selected as the best fit. The program aims to end the cycle of violence and remove service barriers through bilingual services, psychoeducation, and legal and immigration advocacy that promote self-sufficiency and permanent solutions. The program is expected to increase women safety options, legal rights, knowledge of local resources, and access to formal support systems. No woman regardless of her age, ethnicity, culture, language skills, immigration, or socioeconomic status should live in the shadows of domestic violence.

Book The Foundation Grants Index

Download or read book The Foundation Grants Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 3070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In the Adopted Land

Download or read book In the Adopted Land written by Hoan Bui and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume details the experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women who have experienced intimate violence in the United States. It focuses on the diversity of their responses to abuse and their various encounters with the criminal justice system and victim service agencies. Also revealed are the effects of traditional culture, acculturation, and economic adaptation on the participation of these women as witnesses in the criminal justice process. It points to the roles of gender, economic power, legal status, and the organizational structure of the criminal justice system in shaping the experiences of women charged with domestic violence. The limitations of the criminal justice are exposed when it fails to provide abused women with long term protection, forces women to choose between personal safety and family life, and allows domestic violence laws to reinforce male domination. This work is among the few that highlights the need for more research into how the United States criminal justice system's policies affect abused Vietnamese immigrant women's safety and family lives. It incorporates interviews from women living in various communities in the United States. Professionals, victim advocates, social scientists, and students in criminal justice, justice studies, women's studies, and social work programs will all benefit from this insightful book.

Book Violence Against Latina Immigrants

Download or read book Violence Against Latina Immigrants written by Roberta Villalon and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caught between violent partners and the bureaucratic complications of the US Immigration system, many immigrant women are particularly vulnerable to abuse. For two years, Roberta Villalón volunteered at a nonprofit group that offers free legal services to mostly undocumented immigrants who had been victims of abuse. Her innovative study of Latina survivors of domestic violence explores the complexities at the intersection of immigration, citizenship, and violence, and shows how inequality is perpetuated even through the well-intentioned delivery of vital services. Through archival research, participant observation, and personal interviews, Violence Against Latina Immigrants provides insight into the many obstacles faced by battered immigrant women of color, bringing their stories and voices to the fore. Ultimately, Villalón proposes an active policy advocacy agenda and suggests possible changes to gender violence-based immigration laws, revealing the complexities of the lives of Latina immigrants as they confront issues of citizenship, gender violence, and social inequalities.

Book An Evaluation of a Domestic Violence Intervention in the San Diego Area

Download or read book An Evaluation of a Domestic Violence Intervention in the San Diego Area written by Arlene G. Seid and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Latinas Narratives of Domestic Abuse

Download or read book Latinas Narratives of Domestic Abuse written by Shonna L. Trinch and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the American legal system valid witness-testimony is supposed to be invariable and unchanging, so defense attorneys highlight seeming inconsistencies in victims' accounts to impeach their credibility. This book offers an examination of how and why victims of domestic violence might seem to be 'changing their stories,' in the criminal justice system, which may leave them vulnerable to attack and criticism. Latinas' Narratives of Domestic Abuse: Discrepant versions of violence investigates the discourse of protective order interviews, where women apply for court injunctions to keep abusers away. In these encounters, two different versions of violence, each influenced by a range of ethnolinguistic, intertextual and cultural factors, are always produced. This ethnography of Latina women narrating violence suggests that before victims even get to trial, their testimony involves much more than merely telling the truth. This book provides a unique look at pre-trial testimony as a collaborative and dynamic social and cultural act.

Book Between Systems and Violence

Download or read book Between Systems and Violence written by Julio Montanez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between Systems and Violence offers a compilation and analysis of state-level statutes targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and/or refugee (IMR) lives. The book analyzes such statutes’ legal language via various theoretical lenses, as well as provides a discussion of implications for research, prevention, intervention, and public policy. Some IMR victim-survivors of IPV, such as those who are undocumented, may be pinned "between systems and violence" as violent partners use the immigration system as a mechanism of power and control. While protections are available for these victim-survivors, the story told about the encompassing legal landscape remains incomplete and relegated to federal law. Graduate students, as well as scholars and practitioners, will acquire an in-depth understanding of this important nexus.

Book Nature and Scope of Violence Against Women in San Diego  California   1996 1998

Download or read book Nature and Scope of Violence Against Women in San Diego California 1996 1998 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Standards for the Treatment of Domestic Violence Perpetrators

Download or read book Standards for the Treatment of Domestic Violence Perpetrators written by San Diego County Task Force on Domestic Violence and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cultural Issues in the Occurrence  Assessment  and Treatment of Domestic Violence in Immigrant Hispanic Families

Download or read book Cultural Issues in the Occurrence Assessment and Treatment of Domestic Violence in Immigrant Hispanic Families written by Emel D. Stroup and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: