Journeys: resilience and growth for survivors of intimate partner abuse

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"More than one in three women in the United States has experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Luckily, many are able to escape this life--but what happens to them after? Journeys focuses on the desperately understudied topic of the resiliency...

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Main Author: Miller, Susan L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Intimate Partner Violence > United States > Case studies
RESILIENCE (Personality trait)
Posttraumatic growth > United States > Case studies
Abused women > United States > Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Security
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare
Social Science ; Criminology
Abused women
Intimate Partner Violence
Posttraumatic growth
Case Studies
United States
Partnerschaft > Häusliche Gewalt > Misshandelte Frau > Resilienz
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Summary:"More than one in three women in the United States has experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. Luckily, many are able to escape this life--but what happens to them after? Journeys focuses on the desperately understudied topic of the resiliency of long-term (over 5 years) survivors of intimate partner violence and abuse. Drawing on participant observation research and interviews with women years after the end of their abusive relationships, author Susan L. Miller shares these women's trials and tribulations, and expounds on the factors that facilitated these women's success in gaining inner strength and personal transformation. Written for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in criminal justice, sociology, and social services, Journeys shares stories that hope to inspire other victims and survivors while illuminating the different paths to resiliency and growth"--Provided by publisher
Framing the issues -- Situating the research project -- "Leaving the horrible for the not-so-horrible" -- Meaning-making and posttraumatic growth -- Support networks and structural challenges -- Paths to survivorship and suggestions for policy.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0520961463
9780520961463