Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada.
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 8;18(12):6185. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126185.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common feature in the lives of incarcerated women returning to rural communities, enhancing their risk of mental ill-health, substance use, and recidivism. Women's experiences of IPV intersect with challenges across multiple social-ecological levels, including risky or criminalizing interpersonal relationships, geographic isolation, and persistent gender, racial, and economic inequities. We conducted quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews with 99 incarcerated women in New Mexico who were scheduled to return to micropolitan or non-core areas within 6 months. Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed separately and then triangulated to identify convergences and divergences in data. The findings underscore how individual and interpersonal experiences of IPV, substance use, and psychological distress intersect with broad social inequities, such as poverty, lack of supportive resources, and reluctance to seek help due to experiences of discrimination. These results point to the need for a more proactive response to the mutually constitutive cycle of IPV, mental distress, incarceration, and structures of violence to improve reentry for women returning to rural communities. Policy and treatment must prioritize socioeconomic marginalization and expand community resources with attention to the needs of rural women of color.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是返回农村社区的监禁女性生活中的一个常见特征，增加了她们心理健康不良、药物滥用和累犯的风险。女性遭受 IPV 的经历与多个社会生态层面的挑战交织在一起，包括危险或犯罪化的人际关系、地理隔离以及持续存在的性别、种族和经济不平等。我们对新墨西哥州的 99 名即将在 6 个月内返回米克罗大都会或非核心地区的被监禁女性进行了定量调查和定性访谈。对定量和定性数据分别进行了分析，然后进行了三角剖分，以确定数据中的趋同和分歧。研究结果强调了 IPV、药物使用和心理困扰的个人和人际经历如何与贫困、缺乏支持性资源以及因遭受歧视而不愿寻求帮助等广泛的社会不平等交织在一起。这些结果表明，需要对 IPV、心理困扰、监禁和暴力结构的相互构成循环做出更积极的反应，以改善返回农村社区的女性的重返社会。政策和治疗必须优先考虑社会经济边缘化，并扩大社区资源，关注有色人种农村妇女的需求。
