Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Towards Freedom, Empowerment, and Agency: An Introduction to Queering Criminology in Theory and Praxis: Reimagining Justice in the Criminal Legal System and Beyond
- 1 Gender-and Sexuality-Based Violence among LGBTQ People: An Empirical Test of Norm-Centered Stigma Theory
- 2 Queer Pathways
- 3 Queer Criminology and the Destabilization of Child Sexual Abuse
- 4 Queer(y)ing the Experiences of LGBTQ Workers in Criminal Processing Systems
- 5 ‘PREA Is a Joke’: A Case Study of How Trans PREA Standards Are(n’t) Enforced
- 6 Queerly Navigating the System: Trans* Experiences Under State Surveillance
- 7 Sex-Gender Defining Laws, Birth Certificates, and Identity
- 8 Effects of Intimate Partner Violence in the LGBTQ Community: A Systematic Review
- 9 Health Covariates of Intimate Partner Violence in a National Transgender Sample
- 10 Serving Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Youth in Alameda County’s Juvenile Hall
- 11 Liberating Black Youth across the Gender Spectrum Through the Deconstruction of the White Femininity/Black Masculinity Duality
- 12 ‘I Thought They Were Supposed to Be on My Side’: What Jane Doe’s Experience Teaches Us about Institutional Harm against Trans Youth
- 13 The Role of Adolescent Friendship Networks in Queer Youth’s Delinquency
- 14 ‘At the Very Least’: Politics and Praxis of Bail Fund Organizers and the Potential for Queer Liberation
- 15 A Conspiracy
- 16 LGBTQ+ Homelessness: Resource Obtainment and Issues with Shelters
- 17 The Color of Queer Theory in Social Work and Criminology Practice: A World without Empathy
- 18 Camouflaged: Tackling the Invisibility of LGBTQ+ Veterans When Accessing Care
- 19 Barriers to Reporting, Barriers to Services: Challenges for Transgender Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Victimization
- Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Do Justice? Current and Future Directions in Queer Criminological Research and Practice
- Index
9 - Health Covariates of Intimate Partner Violence in a National Transgender Sample
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Towards Freedom, Empowerment, and Agency: An Introduction to Queering Criminology in Theory and Praxis: Reimagining Justice in the Criminal Legal System and Beyond
- 1 Gender-and Sexuality-Based Violence among LGBTQ People: An Empirical Test of Norm-Centered Stigma Theory
- 2 Queer Pathways
- 3 Queer Criminology and the Destabilization of Child Sexual Abuse
- 4 Queer(y)ing the Experiences of LGBTQ Workers in Criminal Processing Systems
- 5 ‘PREA Is a Joke’: A Case Study of How Trans PREA Standards Are(n’t) Enforced
- 6 Queerly Navigating the System: Trans* Experiences Under State Surveillance
- 7 Sex-Gender Defining Laws, Birth Certificates, and Identity
- 8 Effects of Intimate Partner Violence in the LGBTQ Community: A Systematic Review
- 9 Health Covariates of Intimate Partner Violence in a National Transgender Sample
- 10 Serving Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Youth in Alameda County’s Juvenile Hall
- 11 Liberating Black Youth across the Gender Spectrum Through the Deconstruction of the White Femininity/Black Masculinity Duality
- 12 ‘I Thought They Were Supposed to Be on My Side’: What Jane Doe’s Experience Teaches Us about Institutional Harm against Trans Youth
- 13 The Role of Adolescent Friendship Networks in Queer Youth’s Delinquency
- 14 ‘At the Very Least’: Politics and Praxis of Bail Fund Organizers and the Potential for Queer Liberation
- 15 A Conspiracy
- 16 LGBTQ+ Homelessness: Resource Obtainment and Issues with Shelters
- 17 The Color of Queer Theory in Social Work and Criminology Practice: A World without Empathy
- 18 Camouflaged: Tackling the Invisibility of LGBTQ+ Veterans When Accessing Care
- 19 Barriers to Reporting, Barriers to Services: Challenges for Transgender Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Victimization
- Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Do Justice? Current and Future Directions in Queer Criminological Research and Practice
- Index
Summary
Upwards of half of transgender individuals in the United States will experience abuse by a romantic or sexual partner in their lifetimes ( James et al., 2016). This intimate partner violence (IPV) can include psychological (that is, verbal or controlling), physical, or sexual abuse, as well as antitransgender identity abuse (hereafter termed ‘identity abuse’) whereby the abuser leverages the survivor's transgender status as a means of control. Research on smaller transgender samples indicates that IPV victimization is associated with an increased risk of several adverse health conditions (AHCs), including but not limited to negative mental health effects, substance use, and poor physical health (for example, Messinger & Guadalupe-Diaz, 2020; Peitzmeier et al., 2020). However, research with more representative transgender samples is needed to verify these associations. Additionally, the transgender IPV literature has not examined the possible associations between the full range of IPV forms and AHC types, nor between IPV forms and the number of different AHC types experienced. Clarifying the connections between distinct IPV forms and AHC types will have important implications for transgender-specific screening protocols and service provision.
Through a secondary analysis of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS) – the largest national sample of transgender individuals to date (N = 27,715; James et al., 2016) – the current paper elucidates the connection between IPV form and AHC type. Controlling for demographics, regressions assessed whether type of IPV (identity, controlling, physical, and sexual) each predict several AHCs – psychological distress, suicidal ideation, illicit drug use, prescription drug misuse, binge alcohol use, poor general health, and HIV positive status – as well as the number of different AHC types experienced.
Adverse health conditions (AHCs) and IPV victimization
Research on predominantly cisgender survivors has found IPV victimization to be associated with poor mental and physical health as well as alcohol and substance use, with scholars positing that these associations are a direct outcome of or coping mechanisms for IPV victimization (Carbone-Lopez et al., 2006; Devries et al., 2014; Cafferky et al., 2016). Although one may speculate that similar patterns exist for transgender survivors, IPV–AHC links may actually be weaker among transgender populations, where baseline rates of depression, suicidal ideation, and substance use are reported to be higher than for cisgender populations (Benotsch et al., 2013; Tebbe & Moradi, 2016).
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- Queering Criminology in Theory and PraxisReimagining Justice in the Criminal Legal System and Beyond, pp. 129 - 143Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2022