Violence in the Lives of Rural, Southern, and Poor White Women

• NCJ Number: 247857
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 20 Issue: 5 Dated: May 2014 Pages: 517-538
• Author(s): Naomi Farber; Julie E. Miller-Cribbs
• Date Published: May 2014
• Length: 22 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Poor White single mothers and their children in non-urban communities in the American South experience high levels of domestic violence.

Abstract

Poor White single mothers and their children in non-urban communities in the American South experience high levels of domestic violence. We report selected findings from a life history study among White, low-income, unmarried mothers in South Carolina. Here, we examine how domestic violence in both childhood and adulthood may inhibit asset development by diminishing low-income single mothers' accumulation of human and social capital, thus compromising their well-being as adults and parents. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage.