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Defining the Issue: The Intersection of Domestic Abuse and Disability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

Jennifer Nixon
Jennifer Nixon*
Affiliation:
Ruskin College, Oxford and an Associate Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford E-mail: jnixon@ruskin.ac.uk
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Abstract

This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study on the politicisation of domestic violence as it relates to the experiences of disabled survivors and argues that definitions of domestic violence are currently being debated within the disability and domestic violence spheres. Data are drawn from interviews with participants who have been active in politicising this issue and are affiliated to either the disabled people's movement or the movement against domestic violence in England and North Carolina. Although this issue is becoming increasingly politicised, this paper argues the process is currently marked by widespread discrepancies in defining domestic violence experienced by disabled people.

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 475 - 485
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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