Making an impact : children and domestic violence : a reader / Marianne Hester, Chris Pearson, and Nicola Harwin.

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Hester, Marianne, 1955-

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TextPublication details: London ; Philadelphia, Pa. : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.Description: 194 p. ; 30 cmISBN:

1853028444 (alk. paper)

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Hester (sociology and social policy, U. of Sunderland), Pearson, Coordinator of Exeter Women's Aid, and Harwin, the National Coordinator of the Women's Aid Federation of England, investigate the links between domestic violence and the abuse of children; assess the effects of a context of violence on the children's future well being; discuss practical issues for interventions with children and their families or primary care givers; and provide a guide to criminal and civil legislation in England designed to assist in the protection of children. They highlight the successes of a multi-agency approach to intervention throughout.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-194).

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. 7)
Introduction (p. 9)
Part 1 Children and Domestic Violence
Chapter 1 Domestic violence - what it is (p. 14)
1.1 Terminology (p. 14)
1.2 What is domestic violence? (p. 14)
1.3 Is domestic violence 'mutual'? (p. 15)
1.4 How much? (p. 15)
1.5 Accounts of survivors, abusers and witnesses (p. 17)
1.6 When does it begin? (p. 19)
1.7 Domestic violence is often ongoing (p. 19)
1.8 The impact of domestic violence (p. 20)
1.9 The impact of domestic violence on parenting (p. 22)
1.10 Parenting by violent and abusive fathers (p. 23)
1.11 Staying/leaving (p. 24)
Learned helplessness (p. 24)
Use of strategies for survival and coping (p. 25)
Disclosing domestic violence (p. 27)
Agency support (p. 27)
1.12 Summary (p. 28)
Chapter 2 Domestic violence and the abuse of children (p. 30)
2.1 Domestic violence as an abusive context for children - 'direct' abuse (p. 30)
2.2 Domestic violence as an abusive context for children - living with and witnessing violence (p. 32)
2.3 Domestic violence as a context for child deaths (p. 33)
2.4 UK research on child abuse and protection (p. 34)
2.5 UK research on women's experiences of domestic violence and the link with child abuse (p. 37)
2.6 UK research on children's experiences of domestic violence (p. 38)
2.7 UK research on mothers of sexually abused children (p. 39)
2.8 Child abuse as part of the perpetrator's violence against the mothers and vice versa (p. 39)
2.9 Children and post-separation violence - child contact (p. 40)
2.10 Summary (p. 42)
Chapter 3 The impact of domestic violence on children (p. 44)
3.1 How does domestic violence affect children? (p. 44)
3.2 How do we know about the impact of domestic violence on children? (p. 45)
3.3 UK research indicating the impact of domestic violence on children (p. 46)
3.4 The impact of both 'direct' abuse and the 'indirect' abuse of witnessing domestic violence (p. 47)
3.5 Factors influencing the impact of domestic violence on children (p. 48)
3.6 Age as an influencing factor (p. 49)
The impact of domestic violence on pre-school children (p. 49)
The impact of domestic violence on younger school-aged children (p. 50)
The impact of domestic violence on older children (p. 50)
3.7 Gender as an influencing factor (p. 52)
3.8 Race as an influencing factor (p. 54)
3.9 Socio-economic status as an influencing factor (p. 56)
3.10 Disability as an influencing factor (p. 56)
3.11 Mother-child relationship as an influencing factor (p. 56)
3.12 Frequency and form of violence as influencing factors (p. 57)
3.13 Children's coping/survival strategies as influencing factors (p. 58)
3.14 Children's secrecy as a coping strategy (p. 60)
3.15 Children's resilience as an influencing factor (p. 61)
3.16 Witnessing domestic violence and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (p. 62)
3.17 Summary (p. 63)
Part 2 The Legal Context
Chapter 4 Making safe arrangements for children: public and private law (p. 68)
4.1 The Children Act 1989 and domestic violence (p. 68)
4.2 Part I of the Children Act 1989 (p. 68)
The welfare checklist (p. 68)
Parental responsibility (p. 69)
Welfare reports (p. 70)
4.3 The care and protection of children under the Children Act 1989 Parts IV and V (p. 70)
4.4 Removing a suspected child abuser from the family home (p. 70)
4.5 Providing support for 'children in need': Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 (p. 72)
4.6 Private proceedings under Part II of the Children Act 1989: making safe arrangements for children after relationship breakdown (p. 74)
4.7 Divorce and the new Family Law Act 1996 (p. 76)
Information meeting (p. 76)
Statement of marital breakdown (p. 77)
Period of reflection and consideration (p. 77)
Mediation (p. 77)
Application for a divorce or separation order (p. 78)
Conduct (p. 78)
4.8 Implementing the Family Law Act 1996 (p. 78)
4.9 Summary (p. 79)
Chapter 5 Protection under the criminal law (p. 82)
5.1 Police responses and the need for change (p. 82)
5.2 Police powers under the law (p. 83)
5.3 The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (p. 84)
5.4 Improving the police response (p. 85)
5.5 The prosecution process: key issues for women survivors of domestic violence (p. 86)
Improving court procedures and outcomes (p. 87)
5.6 Summary (p. 88)
Chapter 6 Protection from violence under the civil law (p. 90)
6.1 Background to recent changes in legislation (p. 90)
6.2 New remedies under the Family Law Act 1996 Part IV (p. 91)
6.3 Who can use this law? (p. 92)
6.4 Non-molestation orders (p. 93)
6.5 Occupation orders (p. 93)
6.6 Grounds for making an occupation order (p. 95)
Balance of Harm Test (p. 95)
6.7 Further provisions (p. 96)
Ancillary orders (p. 96)
Ex parte (emergency) orders (p. 96)
Undertakings (p. 96)
Powers of arrest (p. 97)
New provisions and amendments to other legislation (p. 97)
6.8 How much will Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 help abused women and children? (p. 97)
Legal Aid (p. 99)
New opportunities (p. 99)
6.9 Summary (p. 100)
Chapter 7 Protection under housing law (p. 103)
7.1 The provisions of the Housing Act 1996 (p. 103)
Local authority duty to provide temporary housing (p. 103)
7.2 Homelessness and threatened homelessness (Part VII) (p. 104)
Priority need for accommodation (p. 105)
Intentional homelessness (p. 105)
Local connection (p. 106)
7.3 The provision of temporary accommodation (p. 106)
Other 'suitable' temporary accommodation (p. 107)
Review of local authority decisions (p. 107)
Protection of property (p. 107)
7.4 Help with permanent housing (p. 108)
7.5 Implementing the Housing Act 1996: the Code of Guidance (p. 109)
Making enquiries (p. 109)
Injunctions (p. 110)
Referrals to another area (p. 110)
Women's refuges (p. 110)
Vulnerability as a result of violence or abuse or sexual and/or racial harassment (p. 110)
7.6 Transfers and exchanges (p. 111)
Transferring from a joint to single tenancy (p. 111)
Criteria for making an order (p. 111)
Payment (p. 112)
Exchanges (p. 112)
7.7 Implementation of housing law: limitations and problems for women and children experiencing domestic violence (p. 113)
7.8 Summary (p. 114)
Part 3 Practice Interventions
Chapter 8 Social services responses to domestic violence and abuse of children (p. 120)
8.1 'Keeping the family together' (p. 121)
8.2 'Failure to protect' (p. 121)
8.3 'Implacable hostility' (p. 122)
8.4 Focusing on mothers and avoiding violent men (p. 123)
8.5 Working with and supporting mothers as a positive response (p. 124)
8.6 Working with and supporting mothers as a positive response - the case of abusive mothers (p. 127)
8.7 Assessing levels of risk and need (p. 128)
8.8 Disclosing domestic violence and abuse of children (p. 129)
Routinely asking women about domestic violence (p. 129)
How to ask (p. 130)
Where to ask - separate interviews (p. 131)
Where to ask - sessions with both women and children (p. 131)
8.9 Fear of what professionals will do (p. 132)
8.10 Fear of what the abuser will do (p. 132)
8.11 Monitoring/recording of domestic violence (p. 133)
8.12 Summary (p. 133)
Chapter 9 Practice and intervention with children in circumstances of domestic violence (p. 135)
9.1 Children's disclosure of domestic violence: general issues (p. 136)
9.2 Hiding domestic violence (p. 136)
9.3 Routinely asking children about domestic violence (p. 137)
9.4 Disclosure of child abuse in circumstances of domestic violence (p. 138)
9.5 Taking domestic violence seriously (p. 139)
9.6 Handling disclosures by children - emphasis on safety (p. 139)
9.7 Assessing safety and risk (p. 139)
9.8 Practice interventions with children (p. 141)
9.9 Child abuse interventions and practice - reframing to take domestic violence into account (p. 141)
9.10 Children and behavioural difficulties (p. 143)
9.11 Individual work with children (p. 144)
9.12 Individual work with children who have been physically, sexually or emotionally abused in the context of domestic violence (p. 145)
9.13 Groupwork with child witnesses of domestic violence (p. 146)
9.14 The early Canadian model of groupwork and beyond (p. 147)
9.15 The 'Domestic Abuse Program model of groupwork (p. 148)
9.16 Evaluation of groupwork for children (p. 149)
9.17 Groupwork with children: the UK context (p. 150)
9.18 Work with children in refuges (p. 151)
9.19 Preventative work with children in schools (p. 154)
9.20 Violence prevention in Canada (p. 155)
9.21 Violence prevention in the UK (p. 157)
9.22 Summary (p. 158)
Chapter 10 Intervention with male perpetrators of domestic violence (p. 160)
10.1 Intervention approaches with perpetrators of male violence (p. 160)
10.2 The development of programmes for violent men in the US and Canada (p. 161)
10.3 A co-ordinated community approach to domestic violence and violent men (p. 162)
10.4 The UK context (p. 162)
10.5 UK programmes for violent men (p. 163)
10.6 Running programmes for violent men in the UK (p. 164)
10.7 The pro-feminist approach to working with violent men (p. 165)
10.8 The effectiveness of programmes for violent men (p. 165)
10.9 Recent evaluations of UK programmes for violent men (p. 166)
10.10 Summary (p. 168)
Chapter 11 Multi-agency involvement and co-operation in domestic violence (p. 170)
11.1 The development of multi-agency ACPCs and their responses to domestic violence (p. 170)
11.2 The development of inter-agency domestic violence forums (p. 171)
11.3 The work of inter-agency domestic violence forums (p. 171)
11.4 Inter-agency initiatives and work with children (p. 172)
11.5 The involvement of social services departments in inter-agency forums (p. 173)
11.6 The involvement of housing departments/associations, the education service and health services in inter-agency forums (p. 173)
11.7 The involvement of Women's Aid refuges in inter-agency forums (p. 173)
11.8 The involvement of the police in inter-agency forums (p. 174)
11.9 The involvement of legal services in inter-agency forums (p. 175)
11.10 Anti-discriminatory practice in domestic violence forums (p. 176)
11.11 Ways forward for improved multi-agency practice (p. 177)
11.12 Summary (p. 178)
Bibliography (p. 180)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Marianne Hester is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the School of Humanities and Social Studies at the University of Sunderland, and Co-Director of the International Centre for the study of Violence and Abuse.