The Sounds of Silence: Making Sense of the Absence of Domestic Violence Victims Help Seeking During the COVID-19 Pandemic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Sounds of Silence: Making Sense of the Absence of Domestic Violence Victims Help Seeking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published:2024-08-07 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1077-8012
Container-title:Violence Against Women
language:en
Short-container-title:Violence Against Women

Author:

Agevall Gross Lotta¹^ORCID,Thulin Johanna²,Denvall Verner³^ORCID,Kjellgren Cecilia²^ORCID,Skillmark Mikael⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of social work, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden

2. Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden

3. School of social work, Lund university, Lund, Sweden

4. Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden

Abstract

Increased concern was raised globally at the outbreak of COVID-19 that victims of domestic violence would be even more at risk when isolated with a violent partner and out of reach of support due to restrictions. Swedish staff in violence against women services prepared for increased calls for help. Instead, a worrying silence arose in a time and place of high uncertainty. This article analyzes the narratology of risk, when staff members in violence against women services, reflect upon their accounts, responses, and experiences, during the pandemic. The analysis is based on three themes, accounting for expected increased influx, making sense of silence and accounting for mobilization. The findings are discussed by applying the relational theory of risk.

Funder

Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10778012241270267

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