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- Title
"Salía de uno y me metí en otro<sup>1</sup>": Exploring the Migration-Violence Nexus Among Central American Women.
- Authors
Cook Heffron, Laurie
- Abstract
Increasing numbers of Central American women cross the U.S.–Mexico border, prompting social service providers, advocates, and policy makers to investigate motivations and appropriate responses. Drawing from a constructivist grounded theory study and in-depth qualitative interviews, this article explores women's experiences of domestic and sexual violence in relation to migration. Findings reveal interconnections across multiple and interconnecting categories of violence as precipitating factors for migration, during border-crossing, and following arrival in the United States. This study fills gaps in our understanding of the violence-migration nexus and provides direction for policy, practice, and advocacy, in the context of shifting political landscapes and migration trends.
- Subjects
CENTRAL America; UNITED States; EMIGRATION &; immigration &; psychology; PSYCHOLOGY of abused women; IMMIGRANTS; HUMAN trafficking; GROUNDED theory; RESEARCH methodology; PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability; DOMESTIC violence; VIOLENCE; INTERVIEWING; EXPERIENCE; SEX crimes; CENTRAL Americans; NEEDS assessment; JUDGMENT sampling; DATA analysis software; WOMEN'S health
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 6, p677
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801218797473