Interpersonal violence: the social work response
"Intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence, and human trafficking are pervasive, persistent, and escape no population. Some communities are disproportionately impacted by IPV, in part due to structural barriers, immigration status, stigma, lack of or limited access to services, language access issues, lack of cultural competence in services, and vulnerabilities associated with adapted help seeking because of historical and contemporary forms of discrimination. Making matters worse, IPV issues were magnified during the COVID-19 pandemic, when reports of domestic violence, sexual violence, and domestic violence fatalities increased, as did human trafficking and forced marriages. This book posits that it is essential for social workers to understand the evolving and persistent landscape of interpersonal violence, including concurrent victimization, overlapping patterns, and intersections. The ability to address these intersections through informed, entrepreneurial, and innovative practice is vital, as the trauma that the victim has experienced is not specific to only one form of interpersonal violence but multiple, overlapping, and compounded traumas. The authors address the unique dynamics of each form of interpersonal violence, how they co-occur, and how they intersect. The book encourages a three-pronged approach, one that is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and survivor-centered"--
