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040			_aAFVC
100			_aVoth Schrag, Rachel _910138
245			_a“Everyone is living in the same storm, but our boats are all different” : _bsafety and safety planning for survivors of intimate partner and sexual violence during the COVID-19 pandemic _cRachel Voth Schrag, Sarah Leat and Leila Wood
260			_bSage, _c2021
440			_xJournal of Interpersonal Violence _910532
500			_aJournal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021, First published online, 29 December 2021
520			_aSurvivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault (SA) faced increased violence, new safety risks, and reduced services access in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. IPV and SA service providers have a critical role in safety planning and advocacy with survivors; however their patterns of working were dramatically impacted by changes brought on by the pandemic. Little is known about safety planning strategies and service adaptations employed in this context. Through semi-structured interviews with 33 service providers from across the United States, this study explores the experiences and perspectives of victim service agency staff with IPV and SA survivor safety and safety planning from March to December 2020. Qualitative data were analyzed using conventional content analysis. Four overarching themes related to survivor safety and safety planning emerged, including (1) “The violence is more severe, it’s more escalated,” describing an increase in the severity and frequency of violence; (2) “Perpetrating the violence through [technology],” describing a specific surge in technology based abuse (TBA) as the world shifted to virtual communication to facilitate social distancing; (3) “COVID-19 is now a tool in their toolbox,” describing the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and health guidance as a life generated risk that abusive partners used to further control and isolate their partner; and (4) “You just get real crafty,” highlighting the wide range of “work-arounds” and safety planning adaptations employed by victim service professionals trying to maintain services in a disrupted environment and in the face of evolving safety risks and increasing violence severity. These findings highlight the safety and safety planning challenges encountered as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded and the many creative strategies employed by service providers to adapt in the moment. (Authors' abstract). Record #7419
650			_aCOVID-19 _98949
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aPANDEMICS _98950
650			_aSAFETY PLANNING _94994
650		4	_aSUPPORT SERVICES _9591
650		4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aUNITED STATES _92646
700			_aLeat, Sarah _910533
700			_aWood, Leila _97283
773	0		_tJournal of Interpersonal Violence, 2021, First published online, 29 December 2021
830			_aJournal of Interpersonal Violence _94621
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211062998 _zDOI: 10.1177/08862605211062998
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE