Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Research to Practice:
COVA ConferenceOctober 19, 2009Marti Kovener & Ana Soler
Women of Color and Victimization -Implications for Services
female victimization rates for serious violent crime
BJS Special Report Violent Victimizationand Race, 1993-98, March 2001, NCJ 176354, www.ncjrs.gov
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
American Indian
Black White Asian
Rate Per 1000
Rate Per 1000
reporting of crime
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)
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%)
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%
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.
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.
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
community engagement
Casa de Esperanza case study
social marketing
what does culture mean to us?
awareness test
application
