The Intersection of Abuse, Child Welfare, and the Law for Intimate Partner Violence Survivors: Gender Violence as an Antagonistic Social Force
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Intimate partner violence (IPV)—as gender violence—pits children’s civil rights and women’s civil liberties against each other. To explore this phenomenon, the current work features five (5) studies that aim to understand the systemic consequences of IPV and child maltreatment for victims and survivors of both types of abuse. Study 1 is a qualitative-deductive study featuring a directed content analysis of news media pertaining to a trial court case on lethal child maltreatment and IPV. Study 2 is a qualitative-inductive study featuring a feminist critical discourse analysis of trial court data on lethal child maltreatment and IPV. Study 3 is a quantitative study featuring an analysis of the conditional role of failure-to-protect statutes in the indirect relationship between IPV and gendered incarceration through substantiation of domestic violence in child maltreatment victimization. Study 4 is a quantitative study featuring multiple regression analysis to understand if child maltreatment referral rates are impacted by the intersection of absolute advocate confidentiality-privilege statutes and universal mandatory reporting statutes. Study 5 is a qualitative pilot study featuring a grounded theory-infused policy surveillance of executive orders on child maltreatment and IPV across the 50 United States. Overall, the current work illuminates key aspects of the intersection of IPV and child maltreatment, of victim advocacy and child welfare, and of law and society.
Author: Montanez, Julio
Institution: University of Central Florida
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7162925364