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Intimate partner violence (IPV), also referred to as domestic violence, is a serious and persistent life-threatening criminal and public health problem affecting millions of people each year across the United States. IPV is prevalent in every socioeconomic group, regardless of race or ethnicity. Because of the pervasiveness of IPV, especially with women as the primary victim, it is a criminal justice and public health crisis and has enormous child welfare implications. Moreover, the emotional toll from the trauma of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse can last a lifetime. Social workers have a significant responsibility in all aspects of IPV, including legislation, policies, practice, and advocacy.
NASW participated in amicus briefs (“friend of the court” briefs) recently filed in court cases involving public-sector unions and “fair share” union fees; mental health care discharge planning for people with mental illness in immigration detention centers; and four recently enacted Arkansas laws that, when implemented, will subject a woman’s right to choose abortion to prohibited types of consent requirements. Friend of the court briefs are accepted by courts as an aid to understanding aspects of issues that may not be fully addressed by the parties to the litigation, or where specialized knowledge may be helpful in reaching a conclusion in high-profile cases.
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In January, NASW participated in a Supreme Court amicus brief in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31. At issue in this case is whether public-sector workers who benefit from union-negotiated contracts can avoid paying union dues if they opt not to join the union. The plaintiff, Janus, argues that the Illinois law that allows the union to charge a “fair-share” fee since they benefit from collective bargaining activities even if they decline to join the union violates his First Amendment rights by compelling employees who disapprove of the union to contribute money to it. However, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and other public-sector unions see this case as a political attack on the union movement that would severely undermine unions by requiring them to provide services free of charge to any worker who objects to the union. The amicus brief emphasizes that public-sector unions help women and people of color attain fair treatment and economic opportunity, given the importance of unionized public-sector employment in closing race and gender wage gaps and in serving as a bridge to the middle class. Without fair share provisions, public-sector unions would be weakened and the ability to provide these benefits would be compromised.
- Small v. Orange County, State of New York
In February, NASW, along with other medical and mental health organizations, filed an amicus brief in Small v. Orange County in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit regarding the constitutional right to mental health care for people in immigration detention. In this case, the plaintiffs were held in civil immigration detention at the Orange County Correctional Facility. They suffer from mental illness and were provided with mental health care that successfully stabilized their condition while they were incarcerated. However, they did not receive any discharge planning upon their release and suffered serious health consequences as a result. The amicus brief educates the court that discharge planning constitutes an important component of medical care for people being released from immigration detention. The brief presents arguments that detainees and imprisoned persons have a right to medical care, including psychiatric care, and that right should include adequate provision for discharge planning as a basic standard of care.
- Hopkins v. Jegley
In March, NASW and other amici filed an amicus brief in Hopkins v. Jegley that is on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The case involves the Center for Reproductive Rights’ challenge to four recently enacted Arkansas laws that have not yet been implemented because of a preliminary injunction. If implemented, the two most common methods of abortion would effectively be banned in Arkansas and the woman’s right to choose would be subject to prohibited types of consent requirements. The amicus brief educates the Eighth Circuit on how the four challenged laws disproportionately affect victims of rape and domestic violence and how they particularly disproportionately harm minors.
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Article Title: Substantiated Childhood Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization in Young Adulthood: A Birth Cohort Study
Authors: Abajobir, Amanuel; Kisely, Steve; Williams, Gail; Clavarino, Alexandra Marie; Najman, Jackob
Source: Journal of Youth & Adolescence. January 2017, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p165-179. 15p. 5 Charts.
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Little is known about the associations between various types of childhood maltreatment and multiple forms of intimate partner violence victimization in early adulthood. This study examines the extent to which childhood experiences of maltreatment increase the risk for intimate partner violence victimization in early adulthood. Data for the present study are from 3322 young adults (55% female) of the Mater Hospital-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy, with the mean age of 20.6 years. The Mater Hospital-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy is a prospective Australian pre-birth cohort study of mothers consecutively recruited during their first antenatal clinic visit at Brisbane's Mater Hospital from 1981 through to 1983. Participants completed the Composite Abuse Scale at 21-year follow-up and linked this dataset to agency recorded substantiated cases of childhood maltreatment. In adjusted models, the odds of reporting emotional intimate partner violence victimization were 1.84, 2.64, and 3.19 times higher in physically abused, neglected, and emotionally abused children, respectively. Similarly, the odds of physical intimate partner violence victimization were 1.76, 2.31, 2.74, and 2.76 times higher in those children who had experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and emotional abuse, respectively. Harassment was 1.63 times higher in emotionally abused children. The odds of severe combined abuse were 3.97 and 4.62 times greater for emotionally abused and neglected children, respectively. The strongest associations involved reports of child emotional abuse and neglect and multiple forms of intimate partner violence victimization in young adulthood. Childhood maltreatment is a chronic adversity that is associated with specific and multiple forms of intimate partner violence victimization in adulthood.
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