Abstract
We are pleased to invite practitioners and researchers to submit a manuscript to Qualitative Social Work for a special issue on domestic violence and abuse. This special issue of Qualitative Social Work will be the first in the journal’s history to explore domestic violence and abuse.
To compile a broad and diverse special issue the guest co-editors are seeking contributions that explore domestic violence and abuse across the life course with particular attention to the experiences of people with marginalized and/or intersecting identities; for example, those who due to their age, sex, gender (identity and/or expression), sexual orientation, race, culture, citizenship, family structure, and/or disability status are particularly vulnerable to domestic violence and abuse that may go unrecognized. Submissions focusing on healing and repair are actively encouraged. Implications for practice and research must be clearly connected to social work practice across diverse settings. For this call, domestic violence and abuse includes but is not limited to emotional, physical, sexual, or coercively controlling harm done and/or experienced by an intimate (current or former) partner or someone else within the family system.
Manuscripts of no more than 8000 words should be submitted to the journal no later than
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/qsw
It is important that manuscripts reflect the aims and scope of the journal, and these can be accessed via the journal homepage: https://journals-sagepub-com-s.web.bisu.edu.cn/aims-scope/QSW. Authors should closely adhere to the journal guidelines about article types and the submission process: https://www-sagepub-com-s.web.bisu.edu.cn/journals/Journal201566/manuscriptSubmission
Authors should include a brief statement at the head of the manuscript indicating that it is for the special issue on domestic violence and abuse. Also, when submitting the manuscript on Sage track authors will be asked if the submission is for a special issue and should check “yes.”
The guest co-editors for this special issue are Drs. Lisa Young Larance, Patricia Mackey, and Kimberly Detjen.