The criminal law response to adolescent family and dating violence is understudied in Australia. The aim of the present study was to examine the charges and sentences adolescents face when they ...perpetrate acts of violence against family members or intimate partners, and to better understand the personal circumstances of these adolescents, including whether they have been diagnosed with a mental illness, whether they have a criminal history and whether they have been subject to child protection interventions. We undertook a two stage study analyzing unpublished statistical data and case files held by the Youth Justice department in Queensland, Australia. We found that the most commonly charged offence was contravention of a family violence protection order in the context of adolescent dating violence. We found that many of the adolescents charged with adolescent family and dating violence related offences faced significant challenges and that Indigenous young people were significantly overrepresented in family violence related charges, especially for contraventions of a family violence protection order. Whilst criminal law responses are uncommon in parent–child and sibling violence contexts, family violence protection orders are over-utilized as a response to adolescent dating violence. Such orders when breached result in criminalization of the young person. Resources should to be (re)directed away from the criminal law system and into community-led, place-based initiatives that address the drivers of crime and incarceration.
During the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic, reports emerged that lockdowns were increasing the prevalence of domestic and family violence (DFV) in Australia and across the world. The lockdowns ...and restrictions were necessary to contain the pandemic. However, leaders in the domestic family violence sector expressed concerns early during 2020 that these lockdowns would lead to the escalation of domestic and family violence. Calling it a shadow pandemic, the United Nations Secretary‐General urged all governments to prioritise the prevention of violence against women in their national response plan for COVID‐19. To gain some insight into the Australian context, a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Centre for Justice research team conducted a nationwide survey to assess the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on DFV services and their clients. Findings based on survey data from 362 participants from the DFV sector, including 1,507 qualitative responses, confirm the concerns raised early in the COVID‐19 pandemic. This article provides an overview of the survey results, discusses the findings in the light of national international research and highlights the resources needed to strengthen the DFV sector in the future.
This volume maps the ways that children and young people are considered victims or perpetrators by their societies and consequently the ways that their societies react. The chapters analyse a variety ...of phenomena in different countries of the Global North and South.
Extensive research has examined the relationship between exposure to family violence and its long-term mental health effects. Social support has been found to moderate this relationship, but there is ...a dearth of research on its mediating role.
The article presents the results of a study on the relationship between witnessing interparental violence and experiencing parental violence during childhood and adolescence on the one hand, and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) during young adulthood on the other. In addition, the article presents results on the role of social support as a mediator in this relationship.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 516 Israeli university and college students (90.7% female, and 9.3% male; M age = 24.9, SD = 2.7) using a retrospective, self-administered questionnaire.
The results revealed that exposure to each pattern of family violence (i.e., witnessing interparental violence and experiencing parental violence) predicted higher levels of PTSS. Furthermore, social support was found to partially mediate the relationship between exposure to family violence during childhood and adolescence and current PTSS as well as its four symptoms, i.e., depression, sleep disturbance, dissociation, and anxiety.
The results of the current study highlight the important role of social support in the association between adversities experienced early in life and young adulthood outcomes. The findings are interpreted on the basis of Conservation of Resources Theory (Hobfoll et al., 1990), which served as the conceptual framework for the study. The limitations of the study and implications for future research are discussed.
Intervention with fathers who commit family violence is an essential but often overlooked part of effective family court proceedings. This article provides an overview of how evidence‐informed ...engagement with fathers around family violence can complement family court efforts to achieve safe and healthy outcomes for children. The focus on fathers is not based on bias against fathers, men, or masculinity, but rather it is consistent with the fact that fathers comprise a substantial proportion of those who use family violence. These men need more effective engagement and interventions. Fathers in these circumstances need to be engaged in services that can assess, monitor, and manage ongoing family violence and risk as well as develop skills to form more positive, healthy relationships with their children and children's mothers. Courts, in turn, need to consider evidence of accountability and change. Application and continued development of the strategies recommended herein would enhance the safety of mothers who experience violence, their children, and the well‐being of fathers who have used family violence. Collaboration with community partners serving families must become cornerstones in promoting the safety for and with all family members.
Key points for the family court community
Intervention with fathers who use family violence is an essential part of family court proceedings.
There are evidence‐based programs for treating people who use family violence in their roles as intimate partners and parents.
Evidence of change in fathers is crucial to decisions to drop supervision and increase parenting time.
Effective family court intervention requires collaboration with community agencies providing services for children and parents living with family violence.
Communities of practice may be a good model to foster enhanced collaboration.
Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa reveals the ways in which domestic space and domestic relationships take on different meanings in African contexts that extend the ...boundaries of family obligation, kinship, and dependency. The term domestic violence encompasses kin-based violence, marriage-based violence, gender-based violence, as well as violence between patrons and clients who shared the same domestic space. As a lived experience and as a social and historical unit of analysis, domestic violence in colonial and postcolonial Africa is complex. Using evidence drawn from Sub-saharan Africa, the chapters explore the range of domestic violence in Africa's colonial past and its present, including taxation and the insertion of the household into the broader structure of colonial domination. African histories of domestic violence demand that scholars and activists refine the terms and analyses and pay attention to the historical legacies of contemporary problems. This collection brings into conversation historical, anthropological, legal, and activist perspectives on domestic violence in Africa and fosters a deeper understanding of the problem of domestic violence, the limits of international human rights conventions, and local and regional efforts to address the issue.
This systematic review aims to investigate existing literature regarding the phenomenon of post-traumatic growth among women who have experienced intimate partner violence. Five steps outlined by ...Arksey and O'Malley were followed to carry out this review. These steps are as follows: defining the research question, identifying relevant studies, selecting studies, and visualizing the results. When the 3,129 scientific studies obtained from the databases were evaluated according to appropriate criteria, they were reduced to 50 articles. Appropriate criteria have been defined as scientific articles scanned with the keywords divorce, post-traumatic growth, positive growth, and intimate partner violence. A total of 10 studies were included in this study due to a special focus on posttraumatic growth and intimate partner violence. According to the literature, it has been observed that intimate partner violence is associated with post-traumatic growth. In addition, the effects of intimate partner violence and post-traumatic growth on divorced women are explored in the discussion section. It has been observed that these effects are characterized by growth in the areas identified by Calhoun and Tedeschi after divorce. Although a specific tool is needed for these examinations in the literature, there are currently no standardized screening procedures in use. As a result, it is thought that this study will shed light on the literature on recognizing and evaluating post-traumatic growth symptoms and indicators caused by intimate partner violence. Keywords: Divorce, post-traumatic growth, trauma, women studies, intimate partner violence Bu sistematik incelemenin amaci, yakin partner siddeti ile karsi karsiya kalan kadinlarin travma sonrasi buyumelerine iliskin literaturu incelemektir. Bu incelemeyi yurutmek amaciyla Arksey ve O'Malley tarafindan ozetlenen bes adim takip edilmistir. Bu adimlar, arastirma sorusunun belirlenmesi, ilgili calismalarin belirlenmesi, calismalarin secimi, verilerin gorsellestirilmesi ve sonuclarin raporlanmasi seklindedir. Veri tabanlarindan elde edilen 3.129 bilimsel calismanin uygun kriterlere gore degerlendirdiginde 50 makaleye indirgenmistir. Uygun kriterlerin ise bosanma, travma sonrasi buyume, pozitif buyume ve yakin partner siddeti anahtar kelimeleriyle taranan bilimsel makaleler olarak belirlenmistir. Bu calismada, travma sonrasi buyumeye ve yakin partner siddetine ozel olarak odaklanilmasi nedeniyle toplamda 10 arastirma dahil edilmistir. Alan yazina gore, yakin partner siddetinin neden oldugu travma sonrasi buyume ile iliskili oldugu gorulmustur. Buna ek olarak, yakin partner siddeti ve travma sonrasi buyumenin bosanmis kadinlar uzerindeki etkileri tartisma kisminda incelenmistir. Bu etkilerin ise bosanma sonrasi Calhoun ve Tedeschi tarafindan belirlenen alanlarda buyume gerceklesmesiyle karakterize oldugu gorulmustur. Alan yazinda bu incelemeler icin ozel bir araca ihtiyac duyulmasina ragmen, su anda kullanimda olan standartlastirilmis tarama prosedurleri bulunmamaktadir. Sonuc olarak bu calismanin, yakin partner siddetinin neden oldugu travma sonrasi buyume belirtileri ve gostergelerini tanima ve degerlendirme konusunda alan yazina isik tutacagi dusunulmektedir. Anahtar sozcukler: Bosanma, travma sonrasi buyume, travma, kadin calismalari, yakin partner siddeti
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