Violence in the Lives of Rural, Southern, and Poor White Women
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2014-05-01Author
Naomi Farber
Julie E. Miller-Cribbs
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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.
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Farber, N., & Miller-Cribbs, J. E. (2014). Violence in the Lives of Rural, Southern, and Poor White Women. Violence Against Women, 20(5), 517-538. doi: 10.1177/1077801214535104