@article{ref1,
title="Pathways to resistance: theorizing trauma and women's use of force in intimate relationships",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2024",
author="Becker, Patricia and Miller, Susan L. and Iovanni, LeeAnn",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Using a feminist pathways general strain perspective, we explore the victim-offender continuum for women who perpetrated intimate partner violence/abuse (IPV/A). We use data from 86 women court-mandated to &quot;female offender&quot; domestic violence treatment programs, located in an American East Coast state, who were surveyed about their adverse childhood experiences and mental health/well-being as adults. <br><br>FINDINGS from bivariate linear regressions indicate childhood trauma negatively affects adult mental health/well-being, exacerbated for Black Indigenous People of Color women, suggesting a victim rather than an offender categorization for women using force against their abusive partner. <br><br>RESULTS imply the need to consider women's traumatic histories and IPV/A victimization, given an incident-driven system that criminalizes victimization over the life course.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/10778012241233000",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012241233000"
}