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Each year, millions of women throughout the world experience
violence and abuse at the hands of their intimate partner. Abusers
coercively control them by using a variety of tactics ranging from
physical or sexual violence to emotional or psychological abuse. An
additional tactic often used includes financial abuse in which the
abuser controls the money in the family, exploits the victim’s
financial standing, and interrupts her efforts to be
self-sufficient. The impact of financial abuse can leave women
financially trapped in the relationship with limited financial
management skills, knowledge, or self-confidence. Indeed, survivors
often mention financial barriers as a top reason for keeping them
trapped by the abuser in the relationship. Â Curiously,
little of the research on domestic violence has sought to either
fully understand the impact of financial abuse or to determine
which intervention strategies are most effective for the financial
empowerment of survivors. Building Financial Empowerment for
Survivors of Domestic Violence aims to address this critical
knowledge gap by providing those who work with survivors of
domestic violence with practical knowledge on how to empower the
financial well-being and stability of survivors. Specifically,
every practitioner, human service provider, criminal justice
practitioner, financial manager, and corporate supervisor should be
screening the women they encounter for economic abuse, and when
such abuse is found, they should work with the women toward
developing financial safety plans and refer survivors to financial
empowerment programs to assist survivors to become free from abuse.
An in-depth examination of the various historical, cultural,
economic, and legal forces that contribute to violence against
women and girls in the United States as well as the policies,
programs, and laws that have been created to ameliorate this
pervasive problem. Nearly two decades into the 21st century, the
United States still suffers from a disturbingly high incidence of
domestic violence; continued sexual assault against women, both in
uniform and on campus; and high levels of misogyny in American
culture and politics. Violence Against Women and Girls: A
Documentary and Reference Guide provides users with an
understanding of the reasons why violence against women and girls
in the United States continues. It also documents the resources
that are available to female children and adults who have been
victimized. The primary documents in this volume enable readers to
gauge America's changing perceptions of the severity of this issue
over time, understand the findings of important studies, hear
harrowing first-hand accounts of girls and women who have been the
victims of violence, and examine the debate over whether American
society supports a "rape culture." This guide also showcases the
efforts of individuals and groups who are fighting back to reduce
such violence in family homes, on campus, and in communities. *
Provides readers with a unique reference work that explicitly
focuses on violence against women in all of its forms * Includes
dozens of primary source documents that illuminate important
milestones, issues, and viewpoints on the broad subject of violence
against girls and women * Pays special attention to key topics,
including sexual assault in the military, sexual assault on campus,
and the debate about the existence of a "rape culture" in America *
Provides a context-setting headnote and concluding analysis of
subsequent impact with each primary document
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