Domestic Violence & Child Welfare

October is DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. Learn more about domestic and intimate partner violence (IPV) and

get to know our affiliates and staff addressing this systemic problem.

1 IN 4 WOMEN and 1 IN 10 MEN experience contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner and report anIPV-related impact during their lifetime.1

OVER

50%of

TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS

report IPV victimization

in their lifetime.2

FACTS & FIGURES

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is recognized as a SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERREPORTED CRIME.

Only 27% OF WOMEN and 13.5% OF MEN reported a physical IPV incident to law enforcement.3

Only 18.4% OF TRANSGENDER VICTIMS reported IPV to police.4

One of the most common reasons given by women for why they

do not report their victimization: FEAR THAT THEIR CHILDREN

WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY if the abuse was discovered.5

Childhood exposure to IPV is linked to INTERNALIZING,

EXTERNALIZING, AND

ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS.6

There is a correlation between CHILDHOOD IPV EXPOSURE and CHILDHOOD MALTREATMENT, especially physical abuse.7

There can be TENSION between child welfare workers and IPV victim

advocates regarding WHO IS THE

CLIENT—the child or the adult victim.8

In 2015, the FLORIDA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE launched the CPI PROJECT statewide, which encourages collaboration between domestic violence

centers and child protective investigation units.9

INSTITUTE AFFILIATES

We have affiliates who examine violence and trafficking-related topics. Learn more about their work in our affiliate directory:

FICW.FSU.EDU/AFFILIATES

Nairruti Jani, Ph.D.FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY

Maxine McGregor, MSWUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Karen Oehme, JD FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Gihan Omar, Psy.D.CITRUS HEALTH NETWORK

Robin Perry, Ph.D.FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY

Dina Wilke, Ph.D.FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE SPOTLIGHT

The Institute recently launched season one of CHILD PROTECTION CASEWORKER SUPPORT,

a podcast for child welfare professionals. Episode five features Institute postdoctoral

scholar Dr. Lisa Magruder and her colleague, victim advocate Sara LaTorre, discussing the co-occurrence of child maltreatment and IPV. They provide concrete recommendations to

improve collaborations with other community professionals on cases that involve both issues.

Visit FICW.FSU.EDU/PODCAST to tune-in starting October 21.

1 Smith, S.G., Zhang, X., Basile, K.C., Merrick, M.T., Wang, J., Kresnow, M., Chen, J. (2018). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2015 Data Brief – Updated Release. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/2015data-brief508.pdf

2 James, S. E., Herman, J. L., Rankin, S., Keisling, M., Mottet, L., & Anafi, M. (2016). The report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality. Retrieved from: https://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/USTS-Full-Report-FINAL.PDF

3 National Institute of Justice. (2009). Practical implications of current domestic violence research: For law enforcement, prosecutors and judges. Retrieved from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service website: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/225722.pdf

4 Langenderfer-Magruder, L., Whitfield, D., Walls, N. E., Kattari, S. K., & Ramos, D. (2016). Experiences of intimate partner violence and subsequent police reporting among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer adults in Colorado: Comparing rates of cisgender and transgender victimization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 31(5), 855-871. doi: 10.1177/08862605144556767

5 Wolf, M. E., Ly, U., Hobart, M. A., & Kernic, M. A. (2003). Barriers to seeking police help for intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence, 18(2), 121-129.

6 Vu, N. L., Jouriles, E. N., McDonald, R., & Rosenfield, D. (2016). Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence: A meta-analysis of longitudinal associations with child adjustment problems. Clinical Pyschology Review, 46, 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2016.04.003

7 Renner, L. & Slack, K. S. (2006). Intimate partner violence and child maltreatment: Understanding intra- and intergenerational connections. Child Abuse & Neglect, 30(6), 599-617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.12.005

8 Fleck-Henderson, A. (2000). Domestic violence in the child protection system: Seeing double. Children and Youth Services Review, 22(5), 333-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0190-7409(00)00084-0

9 Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (n.d.). FCADV’s Child Protection Investigations (CPI) Project. Retrieved September 16, 2019 from https://www.fcadv.org/node/2970

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