“Male-Order” Brides: Immigrant Women, Domestic Violence and Immigration Law

Narayan, Uma

doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1995.tb01355.x

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“…For instance, welfare offices across the country have provided little support to domestic violence victims who are unable to meet welfare work requirements because of the abuse (Levin, 2001;Lindhorst & Padgett, 2005;Postmus, 2004). In this way, the economic context of victims' lives and the structure of the social welfare system's response also affect the impact of IPV and the options available to victims.The experience of IPV for immigrant women in the United States must also be understood in the context of their immigration status and the context of oppressive anti-immigrant policies (Chang, 2000;Narayan, 1995;Shetty & Kaguyutan, 2002). Immigration status varies across and within cultural groups (Yoshihama, 2001), with significant implications for victims of IPV.…”

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Reconceptualizing and Operationalizing Context in Survey Research on Intimate Partner Violence

Lindhorst

Tajima

2008

J Interpers Violence

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Survey research in the field of intimate partner violence is notably lacking in its attention to contextual factors. Early measures of intimate partner violence focused on simple counts of behaviors, yet attention to broader contextual factors remains limited. Contextual factors not only shape what behaviors are defined as intimate partner violence but also influence the ways women respond to victimization, the resources available to them, and the environments in which they cope with abuse. This article advances methods for reconceptualizing and operationalizing contextual factors salient to the measurement of intimate partner violence. The analytic focus of the discussion is on five dimensions of the social context: the situational context, the social construction of meaning by the survivor, cultural and historical contexts, and the context of systemic oppression. The authors consider how each dimension matters in the measurement of intimate partner violence and offer recommendations for systematically assessing these contextual factors in future research. Keywords intimate partner violence; contextual factors; survey research; measurementIn the past 30 years, research has documented high levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among women (Straus, Gelles, & Steinmetz, 1980;Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000). Within the field of research on IPV, scholars have used qualitative and quantitative methods to study the epidemiology of IPV and abuse-related fatalities, the pervasive economic and physical and mental health consequences of victimization for women, and the effects of differing policies for the identification and response to IPV and have developed interventions to prevent violence and its sequelae. This body of research has fostered a growing awareness that IPV plays a significant role in social processes as diverse as parent-child attachment, youth delinquency, and HIV risk prevention. For example, studies have demonstrated an association between IPV and HIV risk factors such as engaging in unprotected sex (Gilbert et al., 2000;Maman, Campbell, Sweat, & Gielen, 2000) and having a sexually transmitted illness (ElBassel, Gilbert, Wu, Go, & Hill, 2005;Wu, El-Bassel, Witte, Gilbert, & Chang, 2003). Thus, IPV has been both a focus of research attention in determining prevalence and sequelae and one factor among many in survey research projects studying diverse social phenomena. Although incorporating IPV as a factor in survey research designs represents a step forward in our recognition of the interconnections between IPV and other social processes of interest, problems arise when the conceptualization and measurement of IPV are strictly reduced to the behavioral level (e.g., capturing only whether or not hitting or other violent behaviors occur) without awareness of the contextual factors that are important to assess in research on IPV.A rich body of literature has evolved in the study of IPV that critiques the decontextualized, behaviorally focused measurement of IPV (for a summary of these ar...

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Reconceptualizing and Operationalizing Context in Survey Research on Intimate Partner Violence

Lindhorst

Tajima

2008

J Interpers Violence

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“…For immigrant women two of the primary concerns that were raised by the participants who had an understanding of these complexities were fear of deportation and lack of services in the language of the DV survivor. Some studies have indicated that the rates of abuse for immigrant women have been reported to be as high as 77% as compared to the range given for U.S. citizens of 12-50% (Narayan, 1995). Immigrant women face a set of issues such as having their legal immigration status dependent upon their marriage to a U.S. citizen or Legal Permanent Resident, and linguistic and financial dependence on their spouse.…”

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“…Safety issues for women who report DV to the police, fear of deportation, and the sense of responsibility for the continued disintegration of the community may all be reasons to avoid involvement in the issue of DV (Ferraro, 1996;INCITE, 2006;Narayan, 1995) One participant described the complexity of the issue:…”

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“…If her husband or partner does not share the same ethnic and linguistic background she may be completely cut off from any community members with whom she shares a common language. Given the fear of deportation, a strictly justice system response is often seen by immigrant communities as deeply problematic and has been suggested to significantly impact calls made to report DV (Narayan, 1995).…”

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“Creative Interpretation and Fluidity in a Rights Framework”: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Human Rights in the United States

Morgaine¹

2000

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These organizations are instrumental in developing policy and in framing the issues of domestic violence and human rights, many of which also work with specific racial and ethnic populations. Some of the primary research questions included: If the human rights discourse is being put to practical use within the US, how does it meet the needs of women of color, immigrants, and other women who have been marginalized? Does bringing the issue of domestic violence into a human rights framework reinscribe hegemonic feminism in ways that are either ineffectual or oppressive and colonizing to women of color, immigrants and/or women in marginalized groups in the US and if so, in what ways? Additional research objectives include assessing whether there is active resistance to adopting a human rights framework and benefits and challenges to using the framework. This research uses the critique and experiences of women of color as a focal point.Through the use of critical ethnography and autoethnography, this study examines the manner in which the power to frame and define social problems unfolds.Findings suggest a limited dialogue to date between national domestic violence and human rights organizations with a range of thoughts regarding potential benefits and barriers to reframing domestic violence as a human rights violation. Barriers include lack of resonance/U.S. exceptionalism, power of the State to direct funding and focus, and reluctance to shift status quo based in part in white privilege. Benefits of crossorganizational dialogue include expanding focus, building coalitions, and engaging diverse communities in addressing domestic violence issues. Intersectional issues related to gender, race/ethnicity, immigration, and sovereignty are also explored. This research suggests that social workers need to continue to critically assess the application of human rights to social justice issues and the role that privilege plays in social movements and social policy formation. 2

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“…Further concealing endemic violence and abuse of women are state centric pohcies and laws, implemented and interpreted to the exclusion of women's interests (Pettman 1996ab;Truong 1990;Peterson and Runyan 1999;Narayan 1995;Connell 1987Connell , 1994Steinstra 1996Steinstra ,1994.…”

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Trafficked women/fractured women: Russian women surviving in the 'new global order'.

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“Male-Order” Brides: Immigrant Women, Domestic Violence and Immigration Law

Cited by 98 publications

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Reconceptualizing and Operationalizing Context in Survey Research on Intimate Partner Violence

Reconceptualizing and Operationalizing Context in Survey Research on Intimate Partner Violence

“Creative Interpretation and Fluidity in a Rights Framework”: The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Human Rights in the United States

Trafficked women/fractured women: Russian women surviving in the 'new global order'.

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