Abused Women's Perceptions of Professionals' Responses: Valued Support, or Collusion With Perpetrator?

Autor/in	Neale, Jo
Titel	Abused Women's Perceptions of Professionals' Responses: Valued Support, or Collusion With Perpetrator?
Quelle	In: Journal of gender-based violence, 2 (2018) 3, S. 411-427 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2398-6816
DOI	10.1332/239868018X15366982612051
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-102009-0
Schlagwörter	Kognitive Dissonanz; Familiale Gewalt; Bürokratie; Sozialarbeiter; Soziale Einrichtung; Hilfeleistung; Missbrauch; Behörde
Abstract	Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is recognised as a serious public health issue that detrimentally affects the lives of victims during, and after exiting, the relationship. For staff in overstretched criminal justice, health and social care agencies, high prevalence rates of DVA place a significant strain on the financial and emotional resources available to them. Drawing on Angie Ash's (2013) concept of 'cognitive masks', and using data collected as part of a larger study, I examine the responses from agencies that frustrated women's attempts to leave an abusive male partner. Fourteen women, recruited via three specialist support agencies in two English counties and my own personal networks, participated in semi-structured narrative style interviews. Findings suggest that practitioners sometimes ignore significant aspects of the case, thus rendering the situation more manageable - for themselves. For women, however, this can frustrate their attempts to exit the relationship and remain abuse-free.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2025/3