Understanding economic and financial abuse and disability in the context of domestic and family violence
Understanding economic and financial abuse and disability in the context of domestic and family violence
Gendered Violence Research Network, UNSW
- Sydney, NSW : UNSW; Commonwealth Bank, 2021
- electronic document (46 pages); PDF file
Published September 2021
This s the 4th report in a series planned under the Next Chapter partnership between CBA and GVRN.
To develop this report, GVRN conducted a comprehensive review of academic and relevant policy literature to identify and analyse existing research on disability, economic
and financial abuse. While economic and financial abuse can occur in a variety of contexts for people with disability, this report focuses specifically on DFV. It is therefore not the remit of this report to provide a full account of the literature relating to economic and financial abuse among people with disability falling outside this area of focus. However, we acknowledge economic and financial abuse is a prevalent and devastating form of abuse for people with disability more broadly.
There are two significant over-arching findings from this evidence review:
1. There is a distinct gap in the evidence base related to the perpetration of economic and financial abuse in the context of DFV;
2. Using the umbrella term ‘disability’ is not always helpful and frequently does not allow a nuanced understanding of the range of impairments including the severity and the
impact on the person affected.. (From the Executive summary). Record #7842
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DISABLED PEOPLE
ECONOMIC ABUSE
FINANCIAL ABUSE
INTERSECTIONALITY
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
Published September 2021
This s the 4th report in a series planned under the Next Chapter partnership between CBA and GVRN.
To develop this report, GVRN conducted a comprehensive review of academic and relevant policy literature to identify and analyse existing research on disability, economic
and financial abuse. While economic and financial abuse can occur in a variety of contexts for people with disability, this report focuses specifically on DFV. It is therefore not the remit of this report to provide a full account of the literature relating to economic and financial abuse among people with disability falling outside this area of focus. However, we acknowledge economic and financial abuse is a prevalent and devastating form of abuse for people with disability more broadly.
There are two significant over-arching findings from this evidence review:
1. There is a distinct gap in the evidence base related to the perpetration of economic and financial abuse in the context of DFV;
2. Using the umbrella term ‘disability’ is not always helpful and frequently does not allow a nuanced understanding of the range of impairments including the severity and the
impact on the person affected.. (From the Executive summary). Record #7842
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DISABLED PEOPLE
ECONOMIC ABUSE
FINANCIAL ABUSE
INTERSECTIONALITY
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA