The Social Response to Survivors of Attempted Intimate Partner Homicide

Hila Avieli

doi:10.1177/10778012251319318

The Social Response to Survivors of Attempted Intimate Partner Homicide

Hila Avieli

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Abstract

Research on women survivors of attempted intimate partner homicide and their postattack experiences, including the response from family, friends, and institutions like police and welfare agencies, is limited. Using the disenfranchized grief framework, this study explores survivors’ perceptions of the social response to their experiences. Thirteen participants were interviewed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, yielding four themes: (a) detachment and disregard; (b) disbelief and victim blame; (c) lack of institutional support, and (d) marginality in the legal process. The study findings suggest that both individuals and institutions failed to acknowledge and validate the participants’ experiences and thereby hindered their healing process.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	847-864
Number of pages	18
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	32
Issue number	3-4
Early online date	16 Feb 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251319318
State	Published - Mar 2026
Externally published	Yes

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© The Author(s) 2025. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

UN SDGs

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

attempted homicide survivors
disenfranchized grief
intimate partner homicide
qualitative study
social reaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Law

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The Social Response to Survivors of Attempted Intimate Partner Homicide

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