Penderaan Ekonomi Mangsa Keganasan Rumah Tangga: Perspektif Pengamal: (Economic Abuse Among Domestic Violence Victims: Practitioner’s Perspective)

Abdul Razak Abd Manaf; Siti Zubaidah  Othman; Zarina  Mat Saad; Annuar Aswan  Mohd Noor; Faridah  Awang

doi:10.32890/jps2023.26.4

Authors

Abdul Razak Abd Manaf Pusat Pengajian Psikologi Gunaan, Dasar dan Kerja Sosial, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Siti Zubaidah Othman Pusat Pengajian Pengurusan Perniagaan, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Zarina Mat Saad Pusat Pengajian Psikologi Gunaan, Dasar dan Kerja Sosial, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Annuar Aswan Mohd Noor Pusat Pengajian Pengurusan Perniagaan, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Faridah Awang Institut Sosial Malaysia, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32890/jps2023.26.4

Keywords:

keganasan rumah tangga, penderaan ekonomi, kewangan, mangsa, pengamal, Domestic violence, economic abuse, financial, victim, practitioner

Abstract

Keganasan rumah tangga merupakan satu fenomena global dalam masyarakat sejak sekian lama yang begitu kompleks dan perlu
ditangani dengan sebaiknya. Artikel ini cuba membincangkan salah satu hasil dapatan daripada keseluruhan kajian yang dilaksanakan
bagi meneliti isu penderaan ekonomi dan kesejahteraan kewangan mangsa keganasan rumah tangga. Ia cuba meneroka isu ekonomi
yang dihadapi oleh wanita yang menjadi mangsa keganasan rumah tangga daripada perspektif pengamal yang mengendalikan keskes sebegini. Data kajian kualitatif ini diperoleh semasa temubual dan perbincangan kumpulan berfokus (FGD) dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan analisis tematik. Seramai lima belas orang kakitangan atau pengamal di Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat telah diminta untuk berkongsi pengalaman mereka berkenaan isu pengendalian kes mangsa keganasan rumah tangga serta konflik kewangan dan kesejahteraan ekonomi wanita yang menjadi mangsa penderaan. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa isu-isu penderaan ekonomi dan kewangan tertumpu kepada isu pekerjaan dan sumber pendapatan serta kebergantungan si pelaku dan mangsa, isu gaya hidup negatif pelaku dan kawalan pelaku kepada sumber kewangan yang dijana oleh mangsa.

ABSTRACT

Domestic violence has been a global phenomenon in society for ages. It is so complex and needs to be dealt with accordingly. This paper tries
to discuss one of the findings from the overall, bigger study that was carried out to examine the issue of economic abuse and the financial
well-being of victims of domestic violence. It attempts to explore the issues faced by victims of domestic violence from the perspective of
practitioners who handle such cases. The data of this qualitative study was obtained during interviews and focus group discussions (FGD)
conducted using thematic analysis. A total of fifteen staff members or practitioners in the Department of Social Welfare were asked to
share their experiences in handling cases of domestic violence victims as well as financial conflicts and the economic well-being of abuse
victims. The results of the study found that the issues of economic and financial abuse are focused on the issue of employment and source of
income as well as the dependency of the perpetrator and the victim, the issue of the perpetrator’s negative lifestyle and the perpetrator’s
control over the financial resources generated by the victim.

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