Between Systems and Violence: State-Level Policy Targeting Intimate Partner Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Lives

By Amy Donley, Amy Reckdenwald, Julio Montanez

Book Overview

Between Systems and Violence offers a compilation and analysis of state-level statutes targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and/or refugee (IMR) lives. The book analyzes such statutes' legal language via various theoretical lenses, as well as provides a discussion of implications for research, prevention, intervention, and public policy.

Some IMR victim-survivors of IPV, such as those who are undocumented, may be pinned "between systems and violence" as violent partners use the immigration system as a mechanism of power and control. While protections are available for these victim-survivors, the story told about the encompassing legal landscape remains incomplete and relegated to federal law.

Graduate students, as well as scholars and practitioners, will acquire an in-depth understanding of this important nexus.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367764695
• ISBN13: 9780367764692
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"