The impact of childhood victimization on men's violence toward intimate partners

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn W. White ◽  
Paige Hall Smith
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Victimization ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
The Impact

Women’s Advocates and Shelter Residents: Describing Experiences of Working and Living in Domestic Violence Shelters

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15-16) ◽  
pp. 3034-3053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
Domestic Violence Shelters ◽  
Abusive Partners ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Domestic violence shelters are a crucial service for women who have experienced violence and abuse from intimate partners. Despite research that demonstrates the effectiveness of shelter stays, little is known about the practices that occur and the interventions offered. Using data from qualitative interviews with six women’s advocates and six shelter residents, the article explores and documents the advocates’ practices and the impact of the shelter stay on women residents. The women’s advocates report that they provide women residents time to become comfortable, empower them to set their own goals and make their own decisions, and then help them to connect to other community resources. They also stressed that shelters are homes and they want to create environments within their shelters that are nonchaotic and violence free, so that the interactions encountered in these settings are different from women residents’ experiences with their abusive partners. The women residents reported receiving interventions that were similar to the descriptions that the advocates provided about their practice. For these women, being able to feel comfortable, safe, cared for, respected, and not judged was central to feeling helped during their shelter stay. Although the interview accounts revealed the importance of the relationship between advocates and residents, the findings also demonstrate that the environment within these shelters is equally significant to determining the quality of residents’ experiences.

Toxic Relationships: The Experiences and Effects of Psychopathy in Romantic Relationships

2021 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2110491
Author(s):  
Adelle Forth ◽  
Sage Sezlik ◽  
Seung Lee ◽  
Mary Ritchie ◽  
John Logan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Online Support Groups ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
Treatment Interventions ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Limited research exists on the impact of psychopathy within romantic relationships. We examined mental and physical health consequences reported by intimate partners of individuals with psychopathic traits. Additionally, we explored whether psychopathy severity and coping impacted the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression symptoms. Four hundred fifty-seven former and current intimate partners of individuals with psychopathic traits were recruited from online support groups. Victims reported a variety of abusive experiences and various negative symptomatology involving emotional, biological, behavioral, cognitive, and interpersonal consequences. Psychopathy severity and maladaptive coping were significantly related to increased PTSD and depression, while adaptive coping was only related to decreased depression. Regression analyses revealed that experiencing many forms of victimization predicted increased PTSD and depression symptoms. Examining the specific consequences experienced by intimate partners of individuals with psychopathic traits can aid the development of individualized treatment interventions aimed at symptom mitigation, recovery, and prevention of future victimization.

Courthouse Claims

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Dov Fox
Keyword(s):  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Reproductive Outcomes ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
The Third ◽  
Hard Time ◽  
The Impact

Existing legal claims have a hard time trying to remedy reproductive wrongs, but procreation patients and their committed partners should be able to seek meaningful recovery for professional negligence that thwarts their legitimate family plans. I distinguish three kinds of unwanted reproductive outcomes: (1) no baby, where victims had sought one; (2) any baby, where the goal was none at all; and (3) a particular type of baby, where parents undertook efforts to have one with different traits. Our legal system should recognize each of these complaints—that’s what this chapter recommends. The first tort action that I propose is for negligently frustrated attempts to pursue pregnancy or parenthood; the second concerns dashed efforts to avoid those activities and roles; the third is for offspring selection gone amiss. I call these the rights of procreation deprived, procreation imposed, and procreation confounded. Each reflects the responsibilities that certain individuals or institutions owe to preserve the reproductive interests of others. Formal obligations in matters of pregnancy and parenthood is what sets professional negligence apart from otherwise similar transgressions at the hand of intimate partners. Fertility doctors and other healthcare practitioners assume practice-specific duties of care that nonspecialists do not. Committed partners should be entitled to sue for reproductive negligence as well, not just patients who undergo medical treatment themselves. Extending procreation rights to this committed partner recognizes the impact these wrongs have on their family plans and the life they share—courts should allow recovery for that one, clearly identifiable, additional claimant.

scholarly journals Trajectories of victimization to violence among incarcerated women

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Preeta Saxena ◽  
Nena Messina
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
Childhood Victimization ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Limited research has focused on the trajectories of victimization to violence in women’s lives. Furthermore, literature assessing women’s use of violence has primarily focused on adult risk factors (e.g., substance use and criminal histories). Drawing from the pathway’s framework, we explored the impact of multiple forms of childhood victimization and subsequent harmful behaviors on adult-perpetrated violence among women convicted of violent or serious crimes. Methods This secondary data analysis included a sample of 1118 incarcerated women from two prisons. Based on prior literature outlining the lifelong negative impact of childhood victimization, we hypothesized that cumulatively, occurrence of abuses, arrest as a minor, number of lifetime arrests, and poly-substance use prior to incarceration, would increase the likelihood of perpetration of multiple forms of violence. GEE regression models were used to examine the relationship between the predictors and adult perpetration of intimidation and physical violence. Results Experiences with childhood victimization, early (under age 18) and ongoing criminal justice involvement, and substance use significantly increased the likelihood of adult perpetration of violence, regardless of the type of violence measured (intimidation or physical violence). Conclusion Given the documented high prevalence of childhood trauma and abuse among justice-involved women, findings from this study can be used to promote the implementation of trauma-specific treatment for at-risk juvenile girls, whose trajectories of violence might be mitigated.

Formation of Lunar Craters and Bright Rays as a Result of Meteorite Impacts

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
K. P. Stanyukovich ◽  
V. A. Bronshten
Keyword(s):  
Explosive Charge ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Meteorite Impacts ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Lunar Craters ◽  
The Impact

The phenomena accompanying the impact of large meteorites on the surface of the Moon or of the Earth can be examined on the basis of the theory of explosive phenomena if we assume that, instead of an exploding meteorite moving inside the rock, we have an explosive charge (equivalent in energy), situated at a certain distance under the surface.

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