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Intimate Partner Violence Against Women with Disabilities : Implications for Disability Service System Case Management Practice
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma (2009)
  • Elspeth Slayter, Salem State University
Abstract
Violence against women is a top human rights issue for women with disabilities, a population that is more at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV). Existing research on violence against women with disabilities has pointed to the need for population-based sampling, the inclusion of women of non-White descent, and the use of literature-based definitions of IPV, conditions all met by this study. Women with disabilities were less likely to report past-year IPV in the form of verbal abuse, but more likely to report threats and physical violence. Case management implications relate to the need for disability-sensitive IPV assessment training at all state disability offices and the need to facilitate the accessibility of traditional IPV systems.
Keywords
  • domestic violence,
  • partner abuse,
  • wife abuse,
  • social work practice,
  • family violence
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Publication Date
February 10, 2009
DOI
10.1080/10926770802675668
Citation Information
Elspeth Slayter. "Intimate Partner Violence Against Women with Disabilities : Implications for Disability Service System Case Management Practice" Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma Vol. 18 Iss. 2 (2009) p. 182 - 199
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elspeth-slayter/23/