TY  - SER
AU  - Lippy, Carrie
AU  - Jumarali, Selima N. 
AU  - Nknawulezi, Nkiru A. 
AU  - Williams, Emma Peyton
AU  - Burk, Connie
TI  - The impact of mandatory reporting laws on survivors of intimate partner violence: intersectionality, help seeking and the need for change
PY  - 2020///
PB  - Springer
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
KW  - HELP SEEKING
KW  - INTERSECTIONALITY
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - LGBTQIA+
KW  - MIGRANTS
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - UNITED STATES
N1  - Journal of Family Violence, 2020, 35, 255–267
N2  - Research illustrates the importance of help-seeking for intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. However, mandatory reporting (MR) laws can affect help-seeking by requiring some sources of support to report survivors to formal systems. This convergent mixed methods study of 2462 survivors surveyed through the National Domestic Violence Hotline explores how MR laws impact survivors’ help-seeking, the outcomes of their help-seeking, and whether their race, gender, and/or sexual orientation influenced their experiences. Findings indicated that MR laws reduce help-seeking for over a third of survivors, provider warnings about MR often reduce survivors’ ability to receive the support they seek, and reports when triggered make the situation worse for most survivors. Significant differences emerged by gender identity and race/ethnicity, emphasizing unique contexts for trans and gender non-conforming survivors and survivors of color. We provide policy and practice implications given these unintended harms of MR laws for IPV survivors. (Authors' abstract). Record #8310
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-019-00103-w
ER  -