Exposure to Domestic Violence: Challenges and Issues of Primary Prevention for Children

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Lessard ◽  
Annie Dumont ◽  
Rhea Delisle ◽  
Kathy Mathieu ◽  
Patricia St-Hilaire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence

Child Protective Services Guidelines for Substantiating Exposure to Domestic Violence as Maltreatment and Assigning Caregiver Responsibility: Policy Analysis and Recommendations

2021 ◽  
pp. 107755952110026
Author(s):  
Bryan G. Victor ◽  
Ashley N. Rousson ◽  
Colleen Henry ◽  
Haresh B. Dalvi ◽  
E. Susana Mariscal
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Protective Services ◽  
Adult Survivors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Child Exposure ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Child Welfare Systems

The purpose of this study was to examine the range of policy approaches used by child welfare systems in the United States to guide workers in classifying and substantiating child exposure to domestic violence (CEDV) as an actionable form of maltreatment. To that end, we conducted a qualitative document analysis of child protective services (CPS) policy manuals from all state-administered child welfare systems in the U.S. ( N = 41). Our findings indicate that a majority of state-administered systems (71%) have adopted policy requiring workers to demonstrate that children have endured harm or the threat of harm before substantiating CEDV-related maltreatment. Many state systems (51%) also include policy directives that require workers to identify a primary aggressor during CPS investigations involving CEDV, while far fewer (37%) provide language that potentially exonerates survivors of domestic violence from being held accountable for failure to protect on the basis of their own victimization. Based on our findings and identification of policy exemplars, we offer a recommended set of quality policy indicators for states to consider in the formulation of their policy guidelines for substantiating children’s exposure to domestic violence that promotes the safety and wellbeing of both children and adult survivors of domestic violence.

Is Exposure to Domestic Violence and Violent Crime Associated with Bullying Behaviour Among Underage Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients?

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Mustanoja ◽  
◽  
Anu-Helmi Luukkonen ◽  
Helinä Hakko ◽  
Pirkko Räsänen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violent Crime ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence

scholarly journals Child witnesses of domestic violence: Potential implications on procedures used by educational institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-306
Author(s):  
Tanja Ignjatovic
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Available Information

Children?s witnessing scenes of violence in the family context incurs numerous and diverse consequences on their health and wellbeing, including school activities and personal achievement, their social relations and risk of subsequent bullying behaviour or victimization at school. At the same time, the school environment can play an important role in developing strategies of overcoming and recovering from the traumatic experience such as one?s exposure to domestic violence. This paper presents an overview of the main foreign and domestic findings on the connection between violence against children and violence against women, their mothers, the consequences that violence in a partnership has on various aspects of childrens? development and health, children?s strategies for overcoming and their resilience, and institutional reactions to childrens? testimony about instances of domestic violence. Special attention is placed on the implications that this phenomenon has on the operation and responsibility educational institutions to ensure a safe environment for these children within the family and at school and to provide them with assistance and support. This points to the importance of the relevant regulations and their interpretations, the dilemmas that teachers and schools can face in their application, available information and expertise, the development of close collaboration between schools and relevant community institutions, or the systematic and systematic nature of capacity building for teachers and schools for attentive and the consistent application of preventive and intervention programs.

scholarly journals HOW ADOLESCENT’S FAMILY SATISFACTION AND ATTACHMENT QUALITY CORRELATE IN CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Tatiana Dobrianskyj Weber
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Attachment Quality ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Independent Variable

Abstract.This research examined the relationships between adolescents’ attachment, communication, trust and alienation with their parents and how satisfied those adolescents are with their family life with the independent variable of having or not experienced domestic violence. Data was collected using the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment – Revised (IPPA – R) and the Kansas Family Life Satisfaction Scale (KFLS) and 131 adolescents participated. Results indicate a high correlation between attachment, family life satisfaction and domestic violence, with mothers’ attachment, trust and communication ranking higher than fathers’. Father communication and mother trust predict family life satisfaction and exposure to domestic violence had a direct effect on family satisfaction. Cluster analysis revealed three different group. Data shows that attachment to parents remains an important aspect of family relationship and domestic violence is a phenomenon that moderates the level of family life satisfaction. Detailed findings are presented and implications and research limits are discussed.Keywords: adolescents, domestic violence, life satisfaction, communication

Bored: A Pandemic of Domestic Violence

Partner Abuse ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Doris Sommer ◽  
Josefa Ros Velasco ◽  
Marco Abarca
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
The State ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Reasonable Answers

Alarm spreads among potential victims of domestic violence as cases multiply during the confinement required by COVID19, and authorities face the growing frustration of not knowing how to respond. The question of what to do begs the question of why the lockdown increases domestic violence. Loss of jobs, alcohol, and psychological stress are reasonable answers; but they are predictable and don't suggest new approaches for remedy. This essay considers an unsuspected if obvious trigger of violence at home. Boredom. It is a stressor that becomes intolerable as the pandemic lockdown continues. Since boredom is a volatile condition associated with the lack of engagement, and since boredom is resolved either creatively or violently, an evident program for primary prevention would be to provide disgruntled and potentially aggressive intimate partners with engaging activities. These activities address a responsibility of the State. When the State turns homes into places of involuntary confinement, it levies serious limitations on a range of human rights. Therefore, the State's obligation to address risks, including boredom, is a corollary to restricting freedom of movement. Perhaps the strategy to provide programs will face objections and skepticism. Why should potential perpetrators of violence be beneficiaries of pleasurable programs? And how can pleasure be a remedy when it carries a stigma of irresponsibility or sin? But a practical response to the spike in domestic violence will have to overcome this irrational stigma to become more strategic than moralizing (Sommer, 2014). We should address the spiral of aggression in ways that are effective, not reactive.

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