This chapter outlines the key definitional and aetiological issues surrounding domestic violence perpetration. It begins with a discussion of how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on domestic abuse globally, before assessing international estimates of the percentage of women worldwide who have ever been physically or sexually assaulted by a partner.
Kartik Singh - +2 more
semanticscholar +6 more sources
The Measurement of Domestic Abuse - Redeveloping the Crime Survey for England and Wales. [PDF]
Purpose In 2020 the England and Wales Office for National Statistics commissioned the research reported here to review the current questions on domestic abuse in the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and to establish how better data for policy ...
Hester M, Walker SJ, Myhill A.
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This review article focuses on the inter-relationship between substance misuse, domestic abuse, and child maltreatment, especially in the context of care (child protection) proceedings.
Judith Harwin, Charlotte Barlow
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Predicting Domestic Abuse (Fairly) and Police Risk Assessment
Domestic abuse victim risk assessment is crucial for providing victims with the correct level of support. However, it has been shown that the approach currently taken by most UK police forces, the Domestic Abuse, Stalking, and Honour Based Violence (DASH)
Emily Turner +2 more
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The assessment of self-harm as a window of opportunity for addressing domestic abuse: invited editorial on Knipe et al [PDF]
Domestic abuse harms children and families. Self-harm is associated with exposure to and perpetration of domestic abuse, but research on health service responses to self-harm in the context of domestic abuse is limited.
Vishal Bhavsar, Anne M. Doherty
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This research reviews police officers' practices and responses to domestic abuse, which since the mid-1980s has been a central topic of debate amongst scholars, campaigners and policymakers.
Deisy Carrillo
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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a group domestic abuse perpetrator programme: protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
Background In contrast to evidence for interventions supporting victim/survivors of domestic violence and abuse (DVA), the effectiveness of perpetrator programmes for reduction of abuse is uncertain. This study aims to estimate the effectiveness and cost-
Karen Morgan +14 more
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Football, alcohol, and domestic abuse
We study the role of alcohol and emotions in explaining the dynamics in domestic abuse following major football games. We match confidential and uniquely detailed individual call data from Greater Manchester with the timing of football matches over a period of eight years to estimate the effect on domestic abuse.
Ria Ivandić +3 more
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‘Once you've opened that can of worms’: qualitative study to understand why liaison psychiatry staff are not asking about domestic abuse following self-harm [PDF]
Background Domestic abuse is a significant risk factor for self-harm and suicide. A large proportion of people presenting to healthcare services following self-harm have experienced domestic abuse.
Duleeka Knipe +7 more
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Experiences of supporting primary and community healthcare workers affected by domestic abuse in the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional survey [PDF]
Background Healthcare workers are expected to identify and respond to domestic abuse among patients. However, research has neglected healthcare workers’ own experiences of domestic abuse.Objectives Focusing on UK primary and community healthcare workers ...
Sandi Dheensa +3 more
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