Coerced Debt: General Information
This section contains general information about coerced debt, including resource guides and research articles and studies.
Resource Guides
- Compendium on Coerced Debt by the Center for Survivor Agency & Justice
- About: This Compendium was designed for advocates, attorneys, and all who work directly with survivors to help address coerced debt within their broader context of economic well-being and safety.
- Guidebook on Consumer & Economic Legal Advocacy for Survivors by the Center for Survivor Agency & Justice
- About: This Guidebook presents domestic violence attorneys and advocates with consumer law and other economic civil legal remedies to address the profound and enduring economic harms that stand in the way of survivors’ long-term economic security, such as coerced debt, damaged credit and credit discrimination, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and key intersections with family law and court access.
- Coerced Debt Toolkit by the Texas Coalition on Coerced Debt
- About: This toolkit provides guidance for domestic violence advocates and survivors on how to identify and address coerced debt.
Research Articles & Studies
- Abuse by Credit: The Problem of Coerced Debt in Texas by Texas Appleseed
- Coerced Debt: The Role of Consumer Credit in Domestic Violence by Angela Littwin
- The Frequency, Nature, and Effects of Coerced Debt Among a National Sample of Women Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence by Adrienne Adams, Angela Littwin, and McKenzie Javorka
- Domestic Violence and Economic Well-being Study by Center for Survivor Agency & Justice