Abstract
Justice-involved women experience significantly higher rates of victimization and psychological distress, and these experiences place women at greater risk of initial and ongoing involvement in the criminal justice system. This research explored the relationship between victimization, the hypothesized mediators (social support and coping), and psychological distress among a sample of 406 victimized women on probation/parole. Results of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were significant and indicated a partial mediation model (74%) with both direct and indirect effects. Based upon the results of this research, implications and future research are explored regarding gender-responsive practices for this population.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 143-166 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Violence Against Women |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author expresses special thanks to all the women who participated in this research. Additional gratitude is expressed to Robin Cook, Amy Brooks, and the Kentucky Department of Corrections, Division of Probation and Parole for their assistance. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research described here was supported, in part, by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA027981).
Funding Information:
Dishon-Brown Amanda 1 Golder Seana 2 Renn Tanya 3 Logan TK 4 Higgins George E. 2 1 Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, USA 2 University of Louisville, KY, USA 3 Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA 4 University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA Amanda Dishon-Brown, School of Social Work, Northern Kentucky University, 1 Nunn Drive, MP 203, Highland Heights, KY 41099, USA. Email: browna53@nku.edu 11 2019 1077801219885183 © The Author(s) 2019 2019 SAGE Publications Justice-involved women experience significantly higher rates of victimization and psychological distress, and these experiences place women at greater risk of initial and ongoing involvement in the criminal justice system. This research explored the relationship between victimization, the hypothesized mediators (social support and coping), and psychological distress among a sample of 406 victimized women on probation/parole. Results of the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were significant and indicated a partial mediation model (74%) with both direct and indirect effects. Based upon the results of this research, implications and future research are explored regarding gender-responsive practices for this population. intimate partner violence (IPV) psychological distress criminal justice intervention National Institute on Drug Abuse https://doi.org/10.13039/100000026 R01DA027981 edited-state corrected-proof The author expresses special thanks to all the women who participated in this research. Additional gratitude is expressed to Robin Cook, Amy Brooks, and the Kentucky Department of Corrections, Division of Probation and Parole for their assistance. Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research described here was supported, in part, by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA027981).
Keywords
- criminal justice
- intervention
- intimate partner violence (IPV)
- psychological distress
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Sociology and Political Science
- Law
