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| Integrating Knowledge of Intimate Partner Violence in Child Welfare |
| It is well documented that children who witness violence in the home are more likely to be physically abused or neglected (Knickerbocker, Heyman, Slep, Jouriles, & McDonald, 2007). As child welfare workers help abused children, they need to pay a closer look at whether there are any signs of intimate partner violence in the home. |
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One of the greatest challenges for victim/survivors attempting to leave an abusive relationship is finding the financial resources to begin a new life (Ghosen, 2009). "Many people associate domestic violence with physical cuts and bruises, but bruises on your credit score and being cut off from access to money, create lasting scars that make it hard, if not impossible, for abuse victim/survivors to recover," said Jennifer Kuhn, manager of the Economics Against Abuse Program at The Allstate Foundation. "For victims of domestic violence, economic abuse is much more personal - and dangerous,"(Wells, 2009).
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