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“IT'S IN THEIR CULTURE”: FAIRNESS AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Author(s) -
Warrier Sujata
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2008.00219.x
Subject(s) - misinformation , context (archaeology) , essentialism , sociology , work (physics) , population , domestic violence , psychology , epistemology , criminology , social psychology , poison control , political science , law , human factors and ergonomics , gender studies , medicine , engineering , history , medical emergency , demography , mechanical engineering , philosophy , archaeology
This essay attempts to critique the prevailing thinking on culture and cultural competency within the context of domestic violence. Current thinking and presentations of culture usually consists of providing court personnel with essentialist pictures of various groups of people with suggestions on how to work with them. These pictures obscure the reality that cultures are often unstable and generalizations that lead to providing more misinformation. The essay develops a critical framework on the issue and provides specific ways in which a more nuanced understanding of culture is helpful for court personnel as they grapple with how to work with a diverse population.