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17 Criminology & Crim. Just. 3 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/crmcj17 and id is 1 raw text is: Article Criminology & Criminal justice 2017, Vol. 17(1) 3-21 Attitudes and solutions Author(s) 2016 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1748895816655842 violence: Im m igrant journals.sagepub.com/home/cr Nigerian women speak OGE Anita Kalunta-Crumpton Texas Southern University, USA Abstract In response to the incidents of intimate partner murders of immigrant Nigerian women in the USA in recent years, a sample of immigrant Nigerian women in Houston were invited in 2013 to engage in focus group discussions of ways to tackle intimate partner violence (IPV) in the immigrant Nigerian community. Findings reveal a fundamental relationship between patriarchal ideologies and the views of immigrant women from Nigeria. Immigrant Nigerian women are likely to interpret IPV and perceive solutions to it in patriarchal ideologies and practices held in their country of origin - an approach that endorses and reinforces IPV. Based on these findings, this article recognizes the need to make patriarchy salient in studies of IPV among immigrant communities from Africa. Further, the article recognizes the absence of adequate knowledge of IPV against immigrant Nigerian women and other immigrant African women, so that IPV risk and preventive factors for these immigrant groups may not be captured sufficiently in policy and practice. Keywords Culture/national origin, gender, immigrant Nigerian women, intersectionality, intimate partner violence, patriarchy Introduction From 2005 to 2008, nine immigrant Nigerian women (mostly nurses) were victims of intimate partner murder in the USA (see Kalunta-Crumpton, 2013). An additional three Corresponding author: Anita Kalunta-Crumpton, Department of Administration of Justice, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University, 3100 Cleburne Street, Houston, Texas, 77004, USA. Email: kaluntacrumptonan@tsu.edu

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