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Domestic Violence in Refugee Families in Australia

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ID5897698
AuthorsSusan Ree (0000-0003-2845-6547, James Cook University, corresponding author), Bob Pease (0000-0002-1590-6222, Deakin University)
Year2007
Volume5
Issue2
Pages1-19
Publication date2007-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j500v05n02_01
OpenAlexW2069209954
LanguageEN
Citations received43
References cited7

It has been identified that immigrant and refugee women are particularly at risk in cases of domestic violence. This article reveals the qualitative research findings from a study into the significance of traumatic history, social and economic context, cultural differences and changed gender identities on the perceptions and experiences of domestic violence in refugee families. The study was undertaken with a sample of refugee men and women from Iraq, Ethiopia, Sudan, Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. Compounding contextual factors concerning structurally based inequalities, culturally emerged challenges, social dissonance, psychological stress and patriarchal foundations are revealed. Informed by an intersectional framework that recognizes gender oppression as modified by intersections with other forms of inequality, the article argues the case for community-managed projects involving multi-level empowerment-based interventions to prevent domestic violence

Cognitive dissonance · Criminology · Domestic violence · Empowerment · Environmental health · Geography · Immigration · Inequality · Oppression · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Refugee · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology

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Citations per year3,31
Citation span2013 - 2026 (14)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 43

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