RT Article
T1 Everyday peace as a theory to explain victims’ peacemaking actions in intimate partner violence situations
JF International review of victimology
VO 29
IS 3
SP 321
OP 340
A1 Kelly, Leanne M. 1981-
A1 Ware, Anthony 1966-
A1 Ware, Vicki-Ann
A1 Wachter, Ellen
A1 Hall, Rachel
A2 Ware, Anthony 1966-
A2 Ware, Vicki-Ann
A2 Wachter, Ellen
A2 Hall, Rachel
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1855949385
AB 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.
K1 Domestic abuse
K1 placating strategies
K1 Safety planning
K1 Harm minimisation
K1 Peacebuilding
K1 everyday peace
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 Family Violence
DO 10.1177/02697580221112677