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Post-Separation Abuse of Women and their Children: Boundary-Setting and Family Court Utilization among Victimized Mothers
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Continued abuse of themselves and their children is a concern for many mothers leaving intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrating husbands. This research examines women's responses to abuse committed by ex-husbands with whom they had undergone custody disputes. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with 19 mothers who had divorced IPV-perpetrating husbands between one and three years prior. Participants were located through publicly available family court divorce records and interviews were examined using analytic induction. Women's strategies to protect themselves and their children from abuse involved setting boundaries to govern their interactions with ex-husbands. Mothers often turned to family court for assistance in setting boundaries to keep children safe, but found that family court did not respond in ways they believed protected their children. Conversely, when women turned to the justice system for restraining orders or called the police for help against IPV, they generally found the justice system responsive.
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“Separation from an abusive partner is often thought to be the solution to ending violence; yet, abuse and the risk for lethality often escalates following separation”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zeoli, A. M., Rivera, E. A., Sullivan, C. M., & Kubiak, S.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zeoli, April M.
- Venue
- Journal of Family Violence
- Published
- 2013-06-21
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 547-560
- ISSN
- 0885-7482 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2851
- PMC
- PMC3743119
- OpenAlex
- W2089510009
- Cited by
- 106
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 5.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2013-10-17)
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Family Violence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R24MH075941)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K12HD065879)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Law › Family and Matrimonial Law
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, post-separation abuse, mothers, child protection, boundary setting, family court, divorce, protection orders, law enforcement response, domestic violence
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