NCJ Number
244962
Journal
British Journal of Criminology Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Dated: May 2013 Pages: 401-418
Date Published
May 2013
Length
18 pages
Annotation
The efforts of new, former refugee communities to grow their legitimacy as citizens often in hostile host environments puts community needs at odds with individual needs.
Abstract
The efforts of new, former refugee communities to grow their legitimacy as citizens often in hostile host environments puts community needs at odds with individual needs. From an analysis of interviews with service providers across two States in Australia, and borrowing the concept of 'papering over', the authors demonstrate how these tensions impact on women in these communities building resilience to domestic violence. Despite community being vital for building individual resilience, 'papering over' operates to keep communities quiet about domestic violence and reliant on definitions of violence that serve to save the face of communities. While this is a challenge for how former refugee communities respond to domestic violence, it is also a challenge for how the authors conceptualize resilience across intersecting subject positions. (Published Abstract)