Battered Women, Children, and the End of Abusive Relationships
Abstract
Much work has focused on the interpersonal dynamics of violent relationships, but less is known about the specific turning points that prompt women at least to try to end them. Using a feminist standpoint method and phenomenological-based analysis of in-depth interviews with mothers in a domestic violence shelter, this article focuses on the role of children in women’s decisions to leave abusive partners. It discusses arriving at the decision, the logistics involved in leaving and planning for the future, and it presents policy and advocacy-based recommendations that are aimed at addressing the social welfare of women and children.
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Concerns about attracting attention from CPS may discourage mothers from seeking preventative services and accessing shelters altogether.
“Unfortunately, concerns about attracting attention from CPS may discourage mothers from seeking preventative services and accessing shelters altogether (Cross, 2018;Moe, 2009).”
From An intersectional analysis of the feminization of homelessness and mothers’ housing precarity (2020) · cites this paper as Moe, 2009
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- Authors
- Moe, A. M.
- Affiliations
- Western Michigan University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Moe, Angela M.
- ORCID
- Moe, Angela M.
- Venue
- Affilia
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-06-10
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 244-256
- ISSN
- 0886-1099 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3020
- OpenAlex
- W2156893914
- Cited by
- 53
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Affilia (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Demography › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Keywords
- domestic violence, battered women, leaving abusive relationships, decision to leave, mothers, women's shelters, feminist standpoint theory, welfare policy, advocacy, women's empowerment
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