Everyday peace as a theory to explain victims’ peacemaking actions in intimate partner violence situations

This paper assesses the transferability of the concept of everyday peace, developed in the conflict and peace studies literature, to practices utilised by people experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). The relevance of everyday peace to IPV is assessed by mapping typologies of the concept agai...

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Authors: Kelly, Leanne M. 1981- (Author) ; Ware, Anthony 1966- (Author) ; Ware, Vicki-Ann (Author) ; Wachter, Ellen (Author) ; Hall, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: International review of victimology
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 321-340
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Keywords:
Domestic abuse
placating strategies
Safety planning
Harm minimisation
Peacebuilding
everyday peace
Intimate Partner Violence
Domestic Violence
Family Violence
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Summary:This paper assesses the transferability of the concept of everyday peace, developed in the conflict and peace studies literature, to practices utilised by people experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). The relevance of everyday peace to IPV is assessed by mapping typologies of the concept against behaviour that victims implement to manage and survive abusive relationships. To collect these data, experienced family violence practitioners were asked to recount practice-based information about everyday strategies that victims use to avoid triggering or to de-escalate a perpetrator, thereby minimising immediate harm coming to themselves or others. Theming these behaviours against typologies of everyday peace demonstrated the significant relevance of this theory to IPV. As such, we suggest that everyday peace is a useful conceptual framework to apply to family violence. Our analysis finds that the everyday peace framework is particularly helpful for exploring victim agency in these contexts, reframing mundane and everyday strategies as agentic. In addition, everyday peace offers a means for better understanding victims’ actions, which could help develop more effective service responses supporting choice and agency in IPV situations.
ISSN:2047-9433
DOI:10.1177/02697580221112677