Evaluation of the Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower healthy relationships programme: final report by Dunbar, Lucy ; Holland, Chris.
Upper Moutere, N.Z.: Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower Trust, 2011.
Summary: Healthy Relationships is a programme for teens and adults with intellectual disabilities. It provides practical tools to build resiliency and to prevent bullying and abuse...Read more
Family law and family violence: research to practice by Wilcox, Karen.
Research & Practice Brief 2, January 2012, 1-14
Sydney, NSW Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2012.
Summary: This Research into Practice Brief considers how practitioners can use the evidence base to better understand and improve the experiences of children and their protective parents when they engage with family law systems, post-separation from the abuser... Read more
Family Violence Death Review Committee : second report: October 2009 to November 2011. Inaugural report to the Health Quality & Safety Commission by Family Violence Death Review Committee.
Wellington, N.Z.: Family Violence Death Review Committee, 2011.
Summary: The Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) has released its second Report detailing the work it has done since September 2009 and the priorities for its next stage of development... Read more
The path ahead: reporting the abuse/assault
by Weedon, Victoria.
Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP, [2011?].
Summary: This is one of three booklets created by the Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP Foundation to provide information for parents and caregivers of young women who have experienced sexual abuse. This booklet has been prepared to assist people with their decision making when involving a statutory body, the Police or Child Youth and Family. Read more
Report of the 50 Key Thinkers Forum: supporting families, whānau and communities to create their own solutions : a way forward
Wellington, N.Z.: Families Commission,2011.
Summary: The 50 Key Thinkers Forum, held on 12 May 2011, was a solutions-based conversation on how New Zealand can address current and future social challenges within the constraints of the economic environment... Read more
Report to Hon Paula Bennett, Minister for Social Development and Employment: following an inquiry into the serious abuse of a nine year old girl and other matters relating to the welfare, safety and protection of children in New Zealand by Smith, Mel
Published 2011.
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The ripple effects of sexual abuse impacts on survivors and families: how to help
by Weedon, Victoria.
Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP,[2011?].
Summary: This is one of three booklets created by the Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP Foundation to provide information for parents and caregivers of young women who have experienced sexual abuse. This booklet is intended to help people make sense of the ripple effects sexual abuse can have on young women and their families. Read more
Safety of subsequent children: international literature review by Kerslake Hendricks, Anne.
Research report 1/12
Wellington, N.Z.: Families Commission, 2012.
Summary: This literature review was a response to the Minister for Social Development and Employment's request that the Families Commission undertake an "international literature review about parents who lose custody of children through a care and protection intervention who then have additional children who may be at risk...Read more
Safety of subsequent children - Māori children and whānau: a review of selected literature
by Cram, Fiona.
Research report 2/12
Wellington, N.Z.: Families Commission,2012.
Summary: The roles and responsibilities of these childrearing networks include the transmission of cultural mores and monitoring of child safety. Unfortunately, and for often complex reasons, not all whānau are safe places for children in their care and Māori whānau are overrepresented in the welfare system, including child-removal statistics...Read more
A sister to lean on
In: Rise,December 2011, 12: 4-7
Summary: Ruahine Albert was one of the founders of New Zealand's first Māori Women's Refuge. She has been breaking new ground ever since with a flexible, whānau-focused approach that excludes no-one who is willing to change...Read more
She can't make herself safe so give me that power: statutory powers and Elder Abuse and Neglect Prevention Service Coordinators
by McKendry, Jayne.
A paper submitted to Victoria, University of Wellington, in fulfilment of the requirements of Socila Policy Rseaerch Essay (SPOL489), 2011.
Summary: Elder abuse and neglect prevention services are provided by non-government organisations in New Zealand. They support older people who have been abused or neglected to achieve a safer living environment. In some situations, lack of authoritative power prevents achievement of this goal... Read more
'Stop! I don't like it': an evaluation of the Healthy Relationships programme
by Hamilton, Bryce ; Turner, Mark.
Upper Moutere, N.Z.: Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower Trust, 2011.
Summary: Healthy Relationships is a programme for teens and adults with intellectual disabilities. It provides practical tools to build resiliency and to prevent bullying and abuse... Read more
A study of the children of prisoners: findings from Māori dataJune 2011 by Gordon, Liz ; MacGibbon, Lesley.
Wellington, N.Z.: Te Puni Kōkiri,2011.
. Summary: This study reports on the Māori data collected as part of a research project on the children of prisoners carried out in 2009 and 2010, for Pillars, a community organisation that works with the families of prisoners...Read more
Understanding sexual abuse: who, why, how?
byWeedon, Victoria ; Barriball, Kathryn.
Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP,[2011?].
Summary: This is one of three booklets created by the Auckland Sexual Abuse HELP Foundation to provide information for parents and caregivers of young women who have experienced sexual abuse...Read more
Violence against women with disabilities
byInternational Network of Women with Disabilities
Barbara Faye Waxman Fiduccia papers on women and girls with disabilities.
Center for Women Policy Studies, 2011.
Summary: In 2011, the Center launched an online series of new Barbara Faye Waxman Fiduccia Papers On Women and Girls with Disabilities. The 2011 papers will present the self-defined perspectives of women with disabilities...Read more
Why rock the boat? non-reporting of intimate partner violence by Hayden, Anne.
A thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2010
Summary: This study critically examines the reasons for non-reporting of intimate partner violence (IPV). It explores the thesis that the use of restorative justice processes could impact on the rate of reporting and victims seeking early interventions...Read more
Journal articles
Use the links to read the article abstract or the full article if available. These articles are not held in the NZFVC Library collection, but may be obtained through your local library.
Child maltreatment: variation in trends and policies in six developed countries
by Gilbert, Ruth ; Fluke, John ; O'Donnell, Melissa ; Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Arturo ; Brownell, Marni ; Gulliver, Pauline ; Janson, Staffan ; Sidebotham, Peter.
In: The Lancet, 9 December 2011
Summary: This article in The Lancet cites New Zealand as one of six countries where there has been no clear evidence of a decrease in child maltreatment over the past two decades. The research team, led by Professor Ruth Gilbert, University College London, used three indicators... Access abstract online | Read news item
Children's perceptions of violence : the nature, extent, and impact of their experiences
by Carroll-Lind, Janis ; Chapman, James ; Raskauskas, Juliana.
In: Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 2011, 37: 1-13
Summary: This paper reports on a study that examined children's perceptions of the prevalence, incidence and impact of violence experienced or witnessed by them, and factors that mitigated and reduced its impact. Access article online
Gendered violence and restorative justice: the views of New Zealand Opinion Leaders
by Proietti-Scifoni, Gitana ; Daly, Kathleen.
In: Contemporary Justice Review, 2011, 14(3): 269-290 Summary: The authors examined viewpoints of New Zealand opinion leaders regarding the use of restorative justice in adult cases of gendered violence. The article examined the use of restorative justice... Access abstract online
Heightened neural reactivity to threat in child victims of family violence
by McCrory, Eamon J ;De Brito, Stephane A ; Sebastian, Catherine L ; Mechelli, Andrea ; Bird, Geoffrey ; Kelly, Phillip A ; Viding, Essi.
In: Current Biology, 2011, 21(23): R947-R948
Summary: UK-based researchers have demonstrated that children exposed to family violence show increased reactivity in two areas of the brain in response to angry but not sad faces. While such enhanced reactivity to a biologically relevant threat cue may represent an adaptive response... Access abstract online | Read news item
Running the risk: police officer discretion and family violence in New Zealand
by Grant, Stephanie ; Rowe, Michael.
In: Policing and Society, 2011, 21(1): 49-66
Summary: This article investigates New Zealand police officers' experiences and attitudes towards the use of risk assessment techniques as a basis for identifying cases of family violence that are likely to escalate. A key finding of the study was that due to time and routine demands, the majority of officers did not complete risk assessment processes... Access abstract online
Third-party violence against children: the Crimes Amendment Act (No 3) 2011
by Copeland, Nicole E.
In: Auckland University Law Review, 2011, 17:321-326
Summary: The Crimes Amendment Act (No 3) 2011 received the royal asset on 19 September 2011 and will come into force on 19 March 2012. The Act makes two amendments of note. Read more
What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? : findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence
by Abramsky, Tanya ; Watts, Charlotte ; Garcia-Moreno, Claudia ; Devries, Karen ; Kiss, Ligia ; Ellsberg, Mary ; Jansen, Henrica ; Heise, Lori.
In: BMC Public Health, 2011, 11:109
Summary: The main findings, recently published in the open access journal BMC Public Health are that: despite wide variations in the prevalence of IPV, many factors affect IPV risk similarly across sites...Access article online
Women and men's use of coercive control in intimate partner violence
by Robertson, Kirsten
In: Violence and Victims, 2011, 26(2): 208-217
Summary: This paper reports the findings from a study which investigated coercive control and intimate partner violence in three population samples, students, the general population and those in prison. Access abstract online
