Understanding Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the Rural South

Authors: Shuman, Robert D.; McCauley, Jeanne; Waltermaurer, Eve; Roche, W. Patrick; Hollis, Helen; Gibbons, Anne Kilgannon; Dever, Alan; Jones, Solita; McNutt, Louise-Anne

Source: Violence and Victims, Volume 23, Number 3, 2008 , pp. 390-405(16)

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

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Abstract:

Most U.S. intimate partner violence (IPV) research to date has been limited to women residing in urban areas, with the small body of research focusing on rural populations being primarily qualitative. In this case-control study of Southern rural women, while many factors are consistent with those found in urban settings, unlike findings elsewhere, IPV risk appears to increase with age, and race showed no increased risk. Furthermore, in rural areas where guns are more acceptable than in other parts of the United States, partners of IPV victims are considerably more likely to carry weapons than partners of nonabused women. Given the geographic limitations to police and medical response to severe IPV in a rural setting, an improved understanding of IPV risk among this population can aid health care providers in ascertaining risk before it escalates further.

Keywords: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; PARTNER ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.23.3.390

Publication date: 2008-06-01

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Violence and Victims discusses theory, research, policy, and clinical practice in the area of interpersonal violence and victimization across such disciplines as psychology, sociology, criminology, law, medicine, nursing, psychiatry, and social work.
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