Battered Women, Children, and Welfare Reform The Ties That Bind

by Ruth A. Brandwein

• ISBN13: 9780761911494
• ISBN10: 0761911499
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-07
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

Two topics of current concern - domestic violence and welfare reform - are linked in this timely book, which 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.

Table of Contents

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