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The emerging issue in behavioral and social sciences became immigrant survivors of domestic violence. Immigrant victims of domestic violence deal with greater challenges due to stricter law enforcement policies (which often implement federal immigration enforcement practices) and could underreport abuse (www.mcbw.org). However, communities around the United States could help to improve situation by launching programs similar to that of San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón’s that orient on helping and educating immigrant communities on DV. As Gascón emphasized, “We want to provide services that are linguistically and culturally competent. We don’t want these cases to go unreported” (Kowalski, 2011, para.1).
References
Kowalski, D.M. (2011, October 8). San Francisco DA launches program for immigrant victims of domestic violence. Retrieved from http://www.lexisnexis.com/community/immigration-law/blogs/outside/archive/2011/10/08/san-francisco-da-launches-program-for-immigrant-victims-of-domestic-violence.aspx
Responding to the Emerging Issues Facing Immigrant Survivors of DV and their Families (2011). Retrieved from http://www.mcbw.org/node/695
