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COLLABORATION ACROSS SYSTEMS
3
Statement of Relevance of the Problem to one or more Grand Challenges
The Grand Challenge for Social Work that this researcher will address is regarding stopping family violence, through the vein of domestic violence (Fong, Lubben, & Barth, 2018). Specifically, the areas of focus will address the reoccurrences of domestic violence. The reoccurrence of domestic violence happens all over the world and eclipses all races, backgrounds and socio-economic status (Seager, 2003). Numerous risk factors associated with domestic violence perpetration happen across multiple levels – individual, family, community, and societal. These risk factors include the parental history of childhood maltreatment, substance use, unemployment, young age, the presence of mental health issues, social isolation, poverty, and associated household factors, such as overcrowding (Coulter & Mercado-Crespo, 2015).
Theoretical Perspectives
Two theoretical perspectives make valid attempts to conceptualize the rationale of domestic violence. The theories are systems theory, and feminist theory. According to Straus (1973), the systems theory asserts violence as being a system rather than focusing on one individual subscribing to a cycle of mental disturbances. The systems theory focuses on violence from a mechanistic viewpoint (Straus, 1973). In situations of domestic violence, violence is the mechanism that sustains due to roles, relationships, and feedback mechanisms within the system (Sayem, 2012). According to the systems theory, domestic violence exists within family systems because family members that reward domestic violence establish reoccurring violence as being a social norm within a family system (Sayem, 2012).
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| Title | Collaboration across systems: a program design to address the reoccurrence of domestic violence |
| Author | Lester, Jason Hiram |
| Author email | JHLESTER@USC.EDU;JHLESTER@USC.EDU |
| Degree | Doctor of Social Work |
| Document type | Capstone project |
| Degree program | Social Work |
| School | Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work |
| Date defended/completed | 2020-04-17 |
| Date submitted | 2020-08-11 |
| Date approved | 2020-08-11 |
| Restricted until | 2020-08-11 |
| Date published | 2020-08-11 |
| Advisor (committee member) | Blonshine, Rebekah |
| Abstract | There is a problem with reoccurring domestic violence among batterers, and several systems are working to address the issue; however, these efforts are usually in a siloed fashion. Within the context of the stopping family violence Grand Challenge for Social Work, there have not been reasonable all-inclusive solutions. The size, scope, and social significance of the problem is significant, based on the fact that approximately 1600 women in the United States of America die due to reoccurring domestic violence. On average, either a current or past partner murders two women each week (Cerise, 2011). ❧ This capstone proposal will utilize the collaboration across systems framework to address the reoccurrence of domestic violence. It is designed to address critical issues of the day-to-day practice of stakeholders from various systems working together from the initial 911 call to successful case closure. The proposal represents an innovative way to address the problem of reoccurring domestic violence and stakeholders working in silos due to its request for regular services wrapped around domestic violence batterers. Based on evidence and logic developed from several existing stakeholder efforts abroad, the capstone will produce successful joint efforts of various stakeholders. While small to start due to this innovation pilot in Arapahoe County, Colorado, the long-term vision of the project is primarily due to the endless possibilities of its replication worldwide. |
| Keyword | domestic violence; Grand Challenge; end family violence; program design |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Lester, Jason Hiram |
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| Filename | etd-LesterJaso-8919.pdf |
| Archival file | Volume13/etd-LesterJaso-8919.pdf |
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| Full text | COLLABORATION ACROSS SYSTEMS 3 Statement of Relevance of the Problem to one or more Grand Challenges The Grand Challenge for Social Work that this researcher will address is regarding stopping family violence, through the vein of domestic violence (Fong, Lubben, & Barth, 2018). Specifically, the areas of focus will address the reoccurrences of domestic violence. The reoccurrence of domestic violence happens all over the world and eclipses all races, backgrounds and socio-economic status (Seager, 2003). Numerous risk factors associated with domestic violence perpetration happen across multiple levels – individual, family, community, and societal. These risk factors include the parental history of childhood maltreatment, substance use, unemployment, young age, the presence of mental health issues, social isolation, poverty, and associated household factors, such as overcrowding (Coulter & Mercado-Crespo, 2015). Theoretical Perspectives Two theoretical perspectives make valid attempts to conceptualize the rationale of domestic violence. The theories are systems theory, and feminist theory. According to Straus (1973), the systems theory asserts violence as being a system rather than focusing on one individual subscribing to a cycle of mental disturbances. The systems theory focuses on violence from a mechanistic viewpoint (Straus, 1973). In situations of domestic violence, violence is the mechanism that sustains due to roles, relationships, and feedback mechanisms within the system (Sayem, 2012). According to the systems theory, domestic violence exists within family systems because family members that reward domestic violence establish reoccurring violence as being a social norm within a family system (Sayem, 2012). |
