Battered Women, Children, and Welfare Reform: The Ties That Bind / Edition 1

by Ruth A. Brandwein

Overview

Two topics of current concern — domestic violence and welfare reform — are linked in this timely book that has been developed by leading academics, practitioners, advocates, policymakers, and abused welfare recipients. The chapters explore various threads that link family violence to welfare including: how public assistance can provide the financial support necessary for escaping violence; how batterers restrict their partner's employment and educational opportunities, thereby preventing them from being independent of the welfare system; how child support regulations require disclosure about abusers that may increase the danger of family violence; and how child abuse is linked to the need for welfare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761911494
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/07/1998
Series:	SAGE Series on Violence against Women
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Foreword	xi
Part I	Introduction
1.	Family Violence, Women, and Welfare	3
Part II	Partner Abuse
2.	The Economics of Abuse: How Violence Perpetuates Women's Poverty	17
3.	Keeping Women Poor: How Domestic Violence Prevents Women From Leaving Welfare and Entering the World of Work	31
4.	Family violence and Welfare Use: Report From the Field	45
5.	Pursuing Child Support for Victims of Domestic Violence	59
6.	Domestic Violence Victims and Welfare Services: A Practitioner's View	79
7.	Voices of the Women: Survivors of Domestic Violence and Welfare	95
Part III	Child Abuse
8.	Doing the Triple Combination: Negotiating the Domestic Violence, Child Welfare, and Welfare Systems	109
9.	Connections Between Child Abuse and Welfare: One State's Story	121
10.	Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Forgotten Issue in Adolescent Pregnancy and Welfare Reform	131
Part IV	Conclusion
11.	Family Violence and Social Policy: Welfare "Reform" and Beyond	147
	Author Index	173
	Subject Index	177
	About the Contributors	183

Editorial Reviews

Comprises 11 contributions that link domestic violence and welfare reform. The contributing academics, practitioners, advocates, and policy makers explore various threads that tie family violence to welfare. They look at how public assistance can provide the financial support necessary for escaping domestic violence; how batterers restrict their partner's job and educational opportunities, preventing them from leaving the welfare rolls; how child support regulations require disclosure of information that may increase the danger of family violence; and how child abuse is linked to the need for welfare. Includes a chapter written by survivors of abuse who were also welfare recipients. Intended for practitioners and scholars in law, social work, public policy, public administration, and women's studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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