Attitudes of service providers toward domestic violence

Davis, Liane V.; Carlson, Bonnie E.

doi:10.1093/swra/17.4.34

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“…Earlier research on social workers' response to domestic violence shows that social workers were likely to blame the victims (Bass & Rice, 1979;Davis & Carlson, 1981;Nichols, 1976), reframe abuse as masochism (Ball, 1977;Schechter, 1982), fail to recognize abuse as a problem (Hansen, Harway, & Cervantes, 1991;Pagelow, 1981), and fail to make appropriate interventions and referrals (Bass & Rice, 1979;Davis, 1984;Ross & Glisson, 1991). A more recent study finds that social service providers had the lowest motivation to help teenage victims of dating violence (Foshee & Linder, 1997).…”

Section: A History Of Bias and Blamementioning

confidence: 99%

Social Work Response to Domestic Violence: Encouraging News from a New Look

Danis¹

2003

affilia j wom soc wo

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Since the beginnings of the battered women's movement, the social work profession has been criticized for its inability to respond to victims of domestic abuse. This article reports on a survey of degreed and licensed professionals that finds that social workers may be doing better in their ability to assess and intervene with battered women. However, social workers are failing to use universal screening techniques to identify battered women and the women's children in their caseloads. Social work education must include a feminist analysis of domestic violence, along with feminist practice principles, to prepare professionals to address this prevalent problem better. Keywords: domestic violence; social work; battered women; universal screeningIn the 1970s, the second wave of the feminist movement brought the issue of violence against women, particularly domestic violence, to the public's consciousness. Sharing their common experiences in consciousness-raising groups, women learned that violence by their male partners was a socially sanctioned way in which men exert power and control over their lives. When women turned to various professionals for help, they were often revictimized by the assumption that they had done something to deserve their abuse. Thus, the battered women's movement was born with the aim of providing safety and sanctuary to women and their children when society's institutions would not (Schechter, 1982). One group that was chastised for its inability to respond to battered women was the social work profession.The ability of social workers to detect and address domestic violence is critical given the prevalence and consequences of violence, the reluctance of women to identify abuse as a primary problem, and the multiple service needs of battered women and their children. Although professional social workers are found in a variety of health, human service, workplace, and

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Section: A History Of Bias and Blamementioning

confidence: 99%

Social Work Response to Domestic Violence: Encouraging News from a New Look

Danis¹

2003

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“…In the first study (Davis and Carlson, 1981)-one that spoke strongly in the male voice-the researchers presented 501 service providers (social workers, physicians, nurses, police officers, and shelter workers) with one of four brief vignettes that depicted a woman's treatment in a hospital emergency room for injuries caused by a beating by her husband. The scenarios systematically varied minimal clues about the socioeconomic status of the family and the severity of the injuries.…”

Section: Incorporating the Female Voicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, we could have studied the ways services were provided to victims of domestic violence after providing &dquo;consciousness-raising&dquo; in-service training to the workers at a family service agency (Davis and Carlson, 1981). (We offered to provide in-service training as &dquo;payment&dquo; for participation, not as an integral part of the study.…”

Section: Incorporating the Female Voicementioning

confidence: 99%

A Feminist Approach to Social Work Research

Davis¹

1986

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A central contributor to the current dissatisfaction with social work research, the author argues, is that most of the research produced for the profession uses a male model of knowledge development that is alien to women, who constitute the majority of those whose task it is to put the knowledge into action. This article analyzes female and male methodologies in terms of their respective themes of connection and separation and explores the ways in which female methodologies can be incorporated into social work research.There has been considerable discussion lately about the need for a different research paradigm for social work (Heineman, 1981;Imre, 1982Imre, , 1984Ruckdeschel and Farris, 1981). Most of this discussion has centered on critiques of logical positivism and the limitation of the hypothetico-deductive method for social science research. Counterarguments have focused on the critics' misunderstandings of both the state of social work research and the arguments of the philosophers of science (Fischer

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“…Common rape myths cited over time include the belief that the way a woman dresses or acts indicates that "she asked for it," or that rape occurs because men cannot control their sexual impulses. Similar to holding rape myths, practitioners with negative attitudes and lack of knowledge about domestic violence will also negatively influence outcomes for survivors (Davis & Carlson, 1981;Saunders & Size, 1986;Varvaro & Gesmond, 1997). For example, in one qualitative study in South Wales with child welfare workers, researchers reported that interventions used by the workers were influenced by their attitudes and beliefs about domestic violence.…”

Section: Attitudes and Beliefs About Violence Against Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%