Sexual Victimization and Family Violence Among Urban African American Adolescent Women: Do Violence Cluster Profiles Predict Partner Violence Victimization and Sex Trade Exposure?

• NCJ Number: 241588
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 18 Issue: 11 Dated: November 2012 Pages: 1319-1338
• Author(s): Angie C. Kennedy; Deborah Bybee; Shanti J. Kulkarni; Gretchen Archer
• Date Published: November 2012
• Length: 20 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined sexual victimization, witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the family, and familial physical abuse among a sample of 180 urban African-American adolescent women.

Abstract

Guided by an intersectional feminist perspective, the authors examined sexual victimization, witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the family, and familial physical abuse among a sample of 180 urban African-American adolescent women. The authors used cluster analysis to better understand the profiles of cumulative victimization, and the relationships between profiles and IPV victimization and personal exposure to the sex trade. Just under one third of the sample reported sexual victimization, with co-occurrence with both forms of family violence common. The cluster profile with high levels of severe family violence was associated with the highest rate of IPV victimization and sex trade exposure. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.