A Review of the Provision of Intervention Programs for Female Victims and Survivors of Domestic Abuse in the United Kingdom

Williamson, Emma; Abrahams, Hilary

doi:10.1177/0886109913516452

Cited by 4 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 20 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The characteristics identified by social workers as good practice are consistent with those reported in other studies: multicultural competence and the ability to establish a rapport, provide personalized attention, and empower women (Williamson & Abrahams, 2014). It is important that services adopt a gender perspective and provide personalized support to women in order to empower them, bearing in mind the specificity of an IPV situation, which is exacerbated by immigration (Danis, 2003; Pivorien_ e & Ū selyt_ e, 2013) and other processes of oppression and identity (Mehrotra, 2010).…”

Section: Women's Use Of a Revolving Door In Support Servicessupporting

confidence: 86%

Immigrant Women Suffering From IPV in Spain

Martínez-Román

Vives‐Cases

Pérez-Belda

2016

Affilia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a violation of human rights and one form of discrimination compounded by other discrimination factors as migration. The risk of violence can increase among immigrant women because of the legal and economic situation and the barriers they encounter to accessing information and support services. This qualitative study explores in-depth the perspective of experienced social workers about challenges faced by immigrant women suffering from IPV in Spain. This study may help professional social workers, others professionals, and public policy makers to design effective strategies for meeting the demands and needs of this population.

show abstract

Section: Women's Use Of a Revolving Door In Support Servicessupporting

confidence: 86%

Immigrant Women Suffering From IPV in Spain

Martínez-Román

Vives‐Cases

Pérez-Belda

2016

Affilia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Men raised concerns about the level of confidentiality in relation to professional services. Concerns about the inappropriate handling of confidential information have been also reported by women victims 36. Men voiced their preference for disclosing or talking about DVA to a female professional.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA): a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis

et al. 2019

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ObjectivesTo understand help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and their experiences of support services by systematically identifying qualitative and mixed-method studies and thematically synthesising their findings.DesignSystematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. Searches were conducted in 12 databases and the grey literature with no language or date restrictions. Quality appraisal of the studies was carried out using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool. Reviewers extracted first and second order constructs related to help-seeking, identified themes and combined them by interpretative thematic synthesis.SettingDVA experienced by male victims and defined as any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse among people aged 18 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality.ParticipantsMale victims of DVA.InterventionsAny intervention which provides practical and/or psychological support to male victims of DVA including but not limited to DVA-specific services, primary healthcare and sexual health clinics.Primary and secondary outcome measuresQualitative data describing help-seeking experiences and interactions with support services of male victims of domestic violenceResultsWe included twelve studies which were published between 2006 and 2017. We grouped nine themes described over two phases (a)barriers to help-seeking: fear of disclosure, challenge to masculinity, commitment to relationship, diminished confidence/despondency and invisibility/perception of services; and (b)experiences of interventions and support: initial contact, confidentiality, appropriate professional approaches and inappropriate professional approaches.ConclusionThe recent publication of the primary studies suggests a new interest in the needs of male DVA victims. We have confirmed previously identified barriers to help-seeking by male victims of DVA and provide new insight into barriers and facilitators to service provision.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42016039999.

show abstract

“…Fifth, the process of 'exposure' has involved the explicit naming of violence and abuse by men to ensure that women's experiences of violation is not left literally unspeakable (see Kelly, 1996a). Thus, a feminist approach is characterized by a combination of consciousness-raising, intervention programmes and activism (Williamson and Abrahams, 2014).…”

Section: Feminist Framework Of Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Symbolic Violence in the Everyday: Misrecognition, Condescension, Consent and Complicity

Thapar‐Björkert¹,

Samelius²,

Sanghera³

2016

Feminist Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this article, we draw on Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of 'misrecognition', 'condescension' and 'consent and complicity' to demonstrate how domination and violence are reproduced in everyday interactions, social practices, institutional processes and dispositions. Importantly, this constitutes symbolic violence, which removes the victim's agency and voice. Indeed, we argue that as symbolic violence is impervious, insidious and invisible it also simultaneously legitimises and sustains other forms of violence as well. Understanding symbolic violence together with traditional discourses of violence is important because it provides a richer insight into the 'workings' of violence, provides new ways of conceptualising violence across a number of social fields and new strategies for intervention. Symbolic violence is a valuable tool for understanding contentious debates on the disclosure of violence, women leaving or staying in abusive relationships or returning to their abusers. Whilst we focus only on violence against women, we recognise that the gendered nature of violence produces its own sets of vulnerabilities against men and marginalised groups, such as LGBT. The paper draws on empirical research conducted in Sweden in 2003 by the second-author. Sweden is an interesting case study because despite its progressive gender equality policies, there has been no marked decrease in the violence towards women by men.

show abstract

A Review of the Provision of Intervention Programs for Female Victims and Survivors of Domestic Abuse in the United Kingdom

Cited by 4 publications

References 20 publications

Immigrant Women Suffering From IPV in Spain

Immigrant Women Suffering From IPV in Spain

Help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA): a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis

Exploring Symbolic Violence in the Everyday: Misrecognition, Condescension, Consent and Complicity

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About