Domestic Violence Among the Black Poor: Intersectionality and Social Justice

Conwill, William L.

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“…This has influenced the mainstream feminist perspective and resulted in analyses and interventions that address the problem in a generic way (Celani 1994;Conwill 2010;Garfield 2005;Hampton et al 1991;Pence and Paymar 1993;Ritchie 2005;Stark 2009). It espouses that patriarchal teachings play a pivotal role in men's desire to devalue women, thus promoting and maintaining IPV (Adams 1989;hooks 2004).…”

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“…Findings from the Commonwealth Fund (1996) indicated that one in six African American women have endured a physical assault from a mate in the previous 5 years (Hampton et al 2003). According to other studies, issues of family dysfunction, socioeconomic factors, gender, and racial marginalization among men and women have contributed to the seeming racial disparity between African American and White families pertaining to the severity of IPV (Conwill 2010;Coley and Beckett 1988;Hampton et al 1989;Robinson and Chandek 2000).…”

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A Case for Including the “Lived Experience” of African American Men in Batterers’ Treatment

Aymer

2010

J Afr Am St

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Influenced by the national attention that followed the violent episode between pop superstar Rihanna and hip-hop artist Chris Brown, this article explores the importance of including the psychosocial experiences of disenfranchised African American men in traditional intervention programs for batterers. The article provides an overview of how intimate partner violence affects African American women and discusses how racialized stereotypical images of this group-as promulgated by society, hip-hop and rap music-contribute to men's sexist attitudes. The construct of race-related stress is discussed, highlighting the multiple ways in which menparticularly those who batter-are affected by racial oppression. Finally, implications for practice are suggested, highlighting how the confluence of gender oppression, race, racism, and patriarchy shapes African American men's (especially poor and uneducated individuals) social construction of masculinity.Keywords Batterers . Domestic violence and cultural contexts . Intervention . Intimate partner violence . Treatment Contextual Features of Intimate Partner Violence and African WomenA plethora of media analyses regarding the violent episode between pop superstar Rihanna and hip-hop artist Chris Brown increased public awareness about intimate partner violence (IPV), which affects the lives of many young people. The visibility of this story made me reflect on my scholarly and clinical work with disenfranchised abusive African American men, which in turn influenced me to write this article. To provide a context for the discussion, an overview of IPV in relation to African American women is presented.

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A Case for Including the “Lived Experience” of African American Men in Batterers’ Treatment

Aymer

2010

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“…Researchers have examined the intersection of socioeconomic conditions and racism and its role in African American male perpetrators' abusive behavior (Ackard, Neumark-Sztainer, & Hannan, 2002;Feldman & Gowen, 1998;Scherzer & Pinderhughes, 2002;West, 2008) as well as other predictors and risk factors of IPV particular to the African American community Caetano, Field, Ramisetty-Mikler, & Lipsky, 2009;Caetano et al, 2005;Caetano, Schafer, Field, & Nelson, 2002;Clark, Beckett, Wells, & Dungee-Anderson, 1994;Cunradi, 2009;Cunradi, Caetano, Clark, & Schafer, 1999;Cunradi, Caetano, & Schafer, 2002;Field & Caetano, 2003Schafer, Caetano, & Cunradi, 2004;West & Rose, 2000). Conwill (2010) posits that the severe realities of internalized and institutional racism faced by African Americans contribute to low self-esteem and violence. The variables alcohol abuse, use of illegal drugs, unemployment, exposure to community violence, exposure to IPV within family of origin, impoverished neighborhoods, and economic distress (most significant) all appear to be risk factors for African American perpetrators of IPV Cunradi et al, 2002;Schafer et al, 2004;Williams et al, 2008).…”

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Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programs: A Proposal for Evidence-Based Standards in the United States

Armenti²,

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In the United States, the judicial system response to violence between intimate partners, or intimate partner violence (IPV), typically mandates that adjudicated perpetrators complete a batterer intervention program (BIP). The social science data has found that these programs, on the whole, are only minimally effective in reducing rates of IPV. The authors examined the social science literature on the characteristics and efficacy of BIPs. More than 400 studies were considered, including a sweeping, recently conducted survey of BIP directors across the United States and Canada. Results of this review indicate that the limitations of BIPs are due, in large part, to the limitations of current state standards regulating these programs and, furthermore, that these standards are not grounded in the body of empirical research evidence or best practices. The authors, all of whom have considerable expertise in the area of domestic violence perpetrator treatment, conducted an exhaustive investigation of the following key intervention areas: overall effectiveness of BIPs; length of treatment/length of group sessions; number of group participants and number of facilitators; group format and curriculum; assessment protocol and instruments; victim contact; modality of treatment; differential treatment; working with female perpetrators; working with perpetrators in racial and ethnic minority groups; working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) perpetrators; perpetrator treatment and practitioner–client relationships; and required practitioner education and training. Recommendations for evidence-based national BIP standards were made based on findings from this review.

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“…Although it began as a legal argument, the concept of intersectionality—that one must consider the whole of a person's identities to best understand their experiences—has expanded into numerous academic and applied disciplines, including psychology (Else‐Quest & Hyde, ; Rosenthal, ; Williams & Fredrick, ), public health (Bowleg, ; Goodin et al, ), and even the common vernacular, as it was added to Webster's Dictionary in 2017 (Merriam‐Webster, ). Accordingly, researchers have recently used an intersectional approach to study discrimination (e.g., Lewis & Van Dyke, ; Liu & Wong, ; Sugarman et al, ), sexual and domestic violence (e.g., Armstrong, Gleckman‐Krut, & Johnson, ; Conwill, ; Powell, Hlavka, & Mulla, ), as well as physical and mental health (e.g., Dlugonski, Martin, Mailey, & Pineda, ; Goodin et al, ; Lewis & Van Dyke, ; Velez, Moradi, & DeBlaere, ), among others.…”

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Cumulative consequences of stigma: Possessing multiple concealable stigmatized identities is associated with worse quality of life

Reinka

Pan-Weisz

Lawner

et al. 2020

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Large health disparities exist between stigmatized and nonstigmatized groups. In addition to experiencing and anticipating greater discrimination, members of stigmatized groups also tend to demonstrate greater ruminative tendencies in response, which may lead to these poor health outcomes. Even among stigmatized groups, differences in the visibility of stigma lead to different mechanisms through which stigma takes its toll. Previous work has primarily focused on the impact of belonging to a single marginalized group; however, people often belong to multiple marginalized groups, and this likely affects both their health outcomes and their anticipation of stigma. In the current study, we focused on individuals with concealable stigmatized identities (CSIs)—socially stigmatized identities that are not immediately apparent to others—and created a measure of concealable marginalization that captures multiple group memberships. We predicted that those possessing a greater number of CSIs would anticipate more stigma from others, and, in turn, ruminate more about the stigma, which would negatively impact the health. Surveying N = 288 adults with CSIs, we found that possessing a greater number of marginalized concealable identities predicted worse self‐reported physical quality of life. These relationships were partially mediated by greater anticipated stigma and brooding rumination in regard to their CSI. This work illuminates a more complete picture of how living with CSIs can take its toll on health.

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Domestic Violence Among the Black Poor: Intersectionality and Social Justice

Cited by 30 publications

References 39 publications

A Case for Including the “Lived Experience” of African American Men in Batterers’ Treatment

A Case for Including the “Lived Experience” of African American Men in Batterers’ Treatment

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programs: A Proposal for Evidence-Based Standards in the United States

Cumulative consequences of stigma: Possessing multiple concealable stigmatized identities is associated with worse quality of life

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