COVA Presentation 09_Women of Color Research to Practice_FINAL

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Research to Practice:

COVA ConferenceOctober 19, 2009Marti Kovener & AnaSoler

Women of Color and Victimization -

Implications for Services


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female victimization rates

BJS Special Report

Violent Victimization

and Race, 1993-98,

March 2001, NCJ

176354, www.ncjrs.gov


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reporting of crime


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what does culture mean to us?
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acculturation

InterpersonalVictimization andHelp-Seeking in aNational Sample ofLatino Women: Initial

Results from theSALAS Study, ChiaraSabina , Penn StateHarrisburg and CarlosCuevas, NortheasternUniversity, 2009

Latina immigrants had a lowerrate of interpersonal

victimization

The higher the score of Angloacculturation, the higher the

rate for all types of victimization(DV, SA, stalking)
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help seeking behaviors




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sources of formal and informal help



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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systemic barriers

Perpetrators of sexual assaultagainst White victims are still morelikely to be convicted

67% of low-income, welfaredependentBlack women had experienced aprevioussexual assault

76% of African American survivorsattributed their rape to the riskinessof their living situations (e.g., I wasliving in a bad neighborhood.)

Distrust of police and formalhelpers is more widespread in

Campbell, R.Adolescent Victims ofSA and Reporting(preliminary findingspresented to NIJ June2009)

Honeycutt, Marshall,& Weston (2001)Violence AgainstWomen, Vol. 7.

Wyatt, GE (1992)Journal of Social

Issues, Vol. 48.

Brunson, R (2007)Criminology andPublic Policy, Vol .6.


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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 shelterstaff82% had staff who spoke alanguage other then English

72% had at least one Spanish-speaking staff member77% of residents surveyed agreedthat It seemed like a place forpeople like me.76% of residents felt their racial

background was respected

Meeting SurvivorsNeeds: A Multi-StateStudy of DomesticViolence ShelterExperiences,2008

Eleanor Lyon,Shannon Lane, andAnne Menard,National Institute of

Justice (October 2008)http://new.vawnet.org//categ
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community engagement

Casa de Esperanza

What are your hopes and dreams?

What barriers do you face to get there?

Who do you talk to when you need help?


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community-based social marketing


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awareness test


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application


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contact

Ana Soler:[email protected]

Marti Kovener:[email protected]

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