Overview
Each year, millions of women throughout the world experience violence and abuse at the hands of their intimate partner. Abusers coercively control them by using a variety of tactics ranging from physical or sexual violence to emotional or psychological abuse. An additional tactic often used includes financial abuse in which the abuser controls the money in the family, exploits the victim's financial standing, and interrupts her efforts to be self-sufficient. The impact of financial abuse can leave women financially trapped in the relationship with limited financial management skills, knowledge, or self-confidence. Indeed, survivors often mention financial barriers as a top reason for keeping them trapped by the abuser in the relationship. Curiously, little of the research on domestic violence has sought to either fully understand the impact of financial abuse or to determine which intervention strategies are most effective for the financial empowerment of survivors. Building Financial Empowerment for Survivors of Domestic Violence aims to address this critical knowledge gap by providing those who work with survivors of domestic violence with practical knowledge on how to empower the financial well-being and stability of survivors. Specifically, every practitioner, human service provider, criminal justice practitioner, financial manager, and corporate supervisor should be screening the women they encounter for economic abuse, and when such abuse is found, they should work with the women toward developing financial safety plans and refer survivors to financial empowerment programs to assist survivors to become free from abuse.
Full Product Details
Author: Judy L. Postmus ,
Amanda M. Stylianou ,
Jolynn Woehrer
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.050kg
ISBN: 9781978804890
ISBN 10: 197880489
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 10 February 2023
Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""This book is a well-needed and superbly crafted volume in the field of domestic violence. It should be widely read, and its lessons put into practice by those who are involved in services and advocacy for survivors of this violence. Financial empowerment needs to be embedded into these services and this book should be on the bookshelf in every shelter and in all the libraries for academics and students alike.""--Louise Simmons ""co-editor of Igniting Justice and Progressive Power: The Partnership for Working Families Cities"" (6/8/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""At a time when high inflation is having a devastating impact, particularly on single-parent families, and the threat of a recession looms, this book could not be more timely. It alerts us to the need to respond not only to the emotional needs of IPV victims and their children but also to the fact that escape and healing are not possible without a sound financial footing and the economic resources necessary to survive and thrive."" --Claire M. Renzetti ""Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women, University of Kentucky"" (6/9/2022 12:00:00 AM)"
This book is a well-needed and superbly crafted volume in the field of domestic violence. It should be widely read, and its lessons put into practice by those who are involved in services and advocacy for survivors of this violence. Financial empowerment needs to be embedded into these services and this book should be on the bookshelf in every shelter and in all the libraries for academics and students alike. --Louise Simmons co-editor of Igniting Justice and Progressive Power: The Partnership for Working Families Cities At a time when high inflation is having a devastating impact, particularly on single-parent families, and the threat of a recession looms, this book could not be more timely. It alerts us to the need to respond not only to the emotional needs of IPV victims and their children but also to the fact that escape and healing are not possible without a sound financial footing and the economic resources necessary to survive and thrive. --Claire M. Renzetti Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women, University of Kentucky
This book is a well-needed and superbly crafted volume in the field of domestic violence. It should be widely read, and its lessons put into practice by those who are involved in services and advocacy for survivors of this violence. Financial empowerment needs to be embedded into these services and this book should be on the bookshelf in every shelter and in all the libraries for academics and students alike. --Louise Simmons co-editor of Igniting Justice and Progressive Power: The Partnership for Working Families Cities (6/8/2022 12:00:00 AM) At a time when high inflation is having a devastating impact, particularly on single-parent families, and the threat of a recession looms, this book could not be more timely. It alerts us to the need to respond not only to the emotional needs of IPV victims and their children but also to the fact that escape and healing are not possible without a sound financial footing and the economic resources necessary to survive and thrive. --Claire M. Renzetti Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women, University of Kentucky (6/9/2022 12:00:00 AM)
Author Information
JUDY L. POSTMUS is dean of the School of Social Work, University of Maryland. She is the editor of Sexual Violence and Abuse: An Encyclopedia of Prevention, Impacts, and Recovery. AMANDA M. STYLIANOU is the vice president of Population Health at Easterseals NJ.
