| Description |
x, 174 pages ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-170) and index. |
| Summary |
"Specialized public resources for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) are increasingly common and diverse--from protection order courts and dedicated domestic violence units in police precincts to a vast network of community-based emergency shelters and counseling services. Yet little consensus exists regarding which resources actually work to reduce violence and help survivors lead the lives they would like to live. This book is an account of these resources and IPV survivors' experiences with them in three communities in the United States. Through detailed observations of services such as court procedures, public benefits processes, and community-based IPV programs as well as in-depth interviews with dozens of IPV survivors and practitioners, Shoener describes how our current institutional response to IPV is often not useful--and sometimes quite harmful--for IPV survivors with the least material, social, and cultural capital to spare. For these women, as the interviews vividly record, IPV has long-term economic and social consequences, disrupting career paths and creating social isolation."-- Provided by publisher. |
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""Through in-depth ethnographic research, this book surveys intimate partner violence survivors' experiences of services intended to increase their safety, and along the way describes how many of these services can be inaccessible, irrelevant, and sometimes harmful, for those with the fewest resources to spare"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
"I was crazy and in court all the time" : the economic ripple effect of intimate partner violence -- "They just focus on the fact that I'm screaming" : the enduring strain on social support -- "Men get bonus points for just walking in the door" : the prioritization of two-parent families -- "I'm not sure what they think I'm going to invest" : unaffordable safety -- "They treat you like they're family" : the value of supportive relationships -- Lowering the price of safety : toward structural solutions to intimate partner violence. |
| Subject |
Family violence -- United States.
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Victims of family violence -- Services for -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Abuse -- Domestic Partner Abuse.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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Family violence. (OCoLC)fst00920540
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Victims of family violence -- Services for.
(OCoLC)fst01166337
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Shoener, Sara Jane, 1981- Price of safety. Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2016 9780826521231 (DLC) 2016014425 |
| ISBN |
9780826521217 (hardback) |
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0826521215 (hardback) |
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9780826521224 (paperback edition) |
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0826521223 (paperback edition) |
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9780826521231 (ebook) |
| Standard No. |
40026744355 |
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