RT Article
T1 Pathways to Resistance: Theorizing Trauma and Women's Use of Force in Intimate Relationships
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 6/7
SP 1580
OP 1605
A1 Becker, Patricia 1966-
A2 Miller, Susan L.
A2 Iovanni, LeeAnn
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1922492337
AB Using a feminist pathways general strain perspective, we explore the victim–offender continuum for women who perpetrated intimate partner violence/abuse (IPV/A). We use data from 86 women court-mandated to “female offender” domestic violence treatment programs, located in an American East Coast state, who were surveyed about their adverse childhood experiences and mental health/well-being as adults. Findings from bivariate linear regressions indicate childhood trauma negatively affects adult mental health/well-being, exacerbated for Black Indigenous People of Color women, suggesting a victim rather than an offender categorization for women using force against their abusive partner. Results imply the need to consider women's traumatic histories and IPV/A victimization, given an incident-driven system that criminalizes victimization over the life course.
K1 Life Course
K1 Pathways
K1 Trauma
K1 IPV/A victimization
K1 women's offending
DO 10.1177/10778012241233000