Changing Communities in Challenging Contexts to Address Intimate Partner Violence

Doing the Impossible

Lori K. Sudderth

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9783031753558
• eBook ISBN: 9783031753565
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Civil Rights in Law
• Index: Social Sciences

Women around the world face substantial barriers to reporting their victimization, and in some contexts, the classical criminal justice response to violence can be muted, corrupted, or even inappropriate. This book discusses the strategies and efforts of advocates and activists to support survivors of intimate partner violence in isolated, rural, tribal and poor communities. It asks questions such as: how do you create safe space for survivors of intimate violence in places where people tend to know each other? And how do you create safe space for survivors in places with few resources or where tribal identity is key to mental health? Drawing  on research from the Caribbean, Central America, and New Zealand, this book speaks to criminologists, social workers and those working with victim advocacy communities, on college campuses, and to policymakers who serve rural or tribal areas.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction: Community, Battering, and Safety
• 2. Rurality, Poverty, Community, and Intimate Partner Violence
• 3. Safety and Island Life: Community, Geography, and Intimate Partner Violence
• 4. Tribal Communities, Safe Space, and Intimate Partner Violence
• 5. Conclusions: Wearing Away the Stone
• Back Matter