research to practice: women of color and victimization - implications for services
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Research to Practice:
COVA ConferenceOctober 19, 2009Marti Kovener & Ana Soler
Women of Color and Victimization -Implications for Services
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female victimization rates for serious violent crime
BJS Special Report Violent Victimizationand Race, 1993-98, March 2001, NCJ 176354, www.ncjrs.gov
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Black White Asian
Rate Per 1000
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reporting of crime
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acculturation
Interpersonal Victimization and Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Latino Women: Initial Results from the SALAS Study, Chiara Sabina , Penn State Harrisburg and Carlos Cuevas, Northeastern University, 2009
Latina immigrants had a lower rate of interpersonal victimization
The higher the score of Anglo acculturation, the higher the rate for all types of victimization (DV, SA, stalking)
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help seeking behaviors
Interpersonal Victimization and Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Latino Women: Initial Results from the SALAS Study, Chiara Sabina , Penn State Harrisburg and Carlos Cuevas, Northeastern University, 2009
77% sought help
formal (69%)
informal (31%)
both (25%)
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sources of formal and informal help
Interpersonal Victimization and Help-Seeking in a National Sample of Latino Women: Initial Results from the SALAS Study, Chiara Sabina , Penn State Harrisburg and Carlos Cuevas, Northeastern University, 2009
formal informal
Medical – 35%
Law Enforcement – 17%
R.O. – 11%
Criminal Charges – 11%
Agency – 10%
Parents – 27%
Friend – 21%
Sibling – 14%
Clergy – 6%
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other factors
Perpetrators of sexual assault against White victims are still more likely to be convicted
67% of low-income, welfare dependentBlack women had experienced a previoussexual assault
76% of African American survivors attributed their rape to the riskiness of their living situations (e.g., “I was living in a bad neighborhood”)
Distrust of police is more widespread in communities of color
Campbell, R. Preliminary Findings presented to NIJ June 2009
Honeycutt, Marshall, & Weston (2001) Violence Against Women, Vol. 7.
Wyatt, GE (1992) Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 48.
Brunson, R (2007) Criminology and Public Policy, Vol .6.
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culturally based services
Contextualizing Rape: Reviewing sequelae andproposing a culturally inclusive ecological model of sexual assault recovery. Neville, H. A., & Heppner, M. J. (1999).Applied & PreventivePsychology, 8, 41-62.
African Americans who participated in culturally specific intervention programs found the information to be more personally relevant to them and were more motivated to hear the message.
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inclusivity in domestic violence shelters
•Study conducted in 8 states -CT, FL, IL, MI, NM, OK, TN, WA)•215 programs surveyed, 3410 residents
•36 languages spoken by shelter staff•82% had staff who spoke a language other then English•72% had at least one Spanish-speaking staff member•77% of residents surveyed agreed that “It seemed like a place for people like me.”•76% of residents felt their racial background was respected
Meeting Survivors’ Needs: A Multi-State Study of Domestic Violence Shelter Experiences, 2008Eleanor Lyon, Shannon Lane, and Anne Menard, National Institute of Justice (October 2008)http://new.vawnet.org//category/index_pages.php?category_id=936
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community engagement
Casa de Esperanza case study
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social marketing
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what does culture mean to us?
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awareness test
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