title: Breaking barriers: addressing structural obstacles to social service provision for Asian survivors of domestic violence.
abstract: Many studies have attributed the disproportionately high rate of domestic violence in Asian communities to Asian patriarchal "cultural norms" and the psychological and behavioral traits that these norms produce in individuals. This article seeks to expand the scope of domestic violence analysis beyond these individual and cultural frameworks, arguing that Asian domestic violence is also a product of larger scale, social systems of inequality. By examining the funding criteria of the Family Violence Prevention Services Administration (FVPSA) and the Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) standard used by Robin Hood, my research shows how state and private organizations systematically devalue and underfund minority-targeted programs.
authors.affiliation: Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Mihan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D019548:Crime Victims; D003469:Culture; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000208:ethnology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D005378:Financial Support; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D012947:Social Work / Q000191:economics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D017741:Survivors; D014930:Women
keywords: Asian immigrant; domestic violence; social services