Minority Judges’ Recommendations for Improving Court Services for Battered Women of Color: A Focus Group Report

Children are a factor influencing decision-making for Indigenous and racial minority women survivors of domestic violence; for some women, children are the reason to stay in the relationship, and for some, the reason to leave.

“Children are another factor influencing decision-making for Indigenous and racial minority women survivors of DV; for some women, children are the reason to stay in the relationship, and for some, the reason to leave ( Meyer & Stambe, 2022 ; Williams & Jenkins, 2015 ).”

Although domestic violence rates are high, Asian and Pacific Islander women are not likely to report such incidences.

“although the DV rates are high, Asian and Pacific Islander women are not likely to report such incidences.”

Two of the main identified reasons behind Asian and Pacific Islander women's hesitation to seek help were issues of shame and privacy.

“Two of the main identified reasons behind the hesitation to seek help were issues of shame and privacy ( Williams & Jenkins, 2015 ).”

In Latina communities, women survivors of domestic violence were reluctant to proceed with domestic violence complaints due to patriarchal gender roles.

“Williams and Jenkins (2015) found similar gender role expectations and their influence on women survivors of DV in Latina communities, where women were reluctant to proceed with DV complaints due to patriarchal gender roles.”

From the literature, cultural and gender role expectations, economic dependency, and children's well-being are factors that may deter racial minority women survivors of DV to leave an abusive relationship.

“From the literature, we understand that cultural and gender role expectations ( Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019 ; Tubbs, 2010 ; Williams & Jenkins, 2015 ), economic dependency ( Fox et al., 2018 ; McKinley & Liddell, 2022 ; Tam et al., 2015 ), and children's well-being ( Buchbinder & Abu Tanha, 2019 ; Meyer & Stambe, 2022 ) are factors that may deter racial minority women survivors of DV to leave an”