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You can now register for Children, child maltreatment and intimate partner violence: research, policy and practice, this year's one day conference (Wellington, 5 June) co-hosted by the Families Commission and the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. Click here for more information
There will also be a seminar in Auckland on 4 June. Click here for more information
News, views, and happenings in brief:
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The NZFVC team
@ Tāmaki Innovation Campus The University of Auckland
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New resources
Books, reports and other items
Here are some of the books, reports, and other resources added to the NZFVC library this month. Use the "read more" link to the NZFVC Library online to read the full summary and request or download the item. Please contact us if any links are broken.
New Zealand
Working with perpetrators : a selected bibliography Auckland : New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2013 NZFVC selected bibliography, March 2013 Selected bibliography - electronic document (11 p.); PDF file: 147.37 KB); Word DOC file: 184 KB); HTML available Summary: This selected bibliography provides a guide to research literature on working with perpetrators... Read more
Community-based domestic violence interventions : a literature review by Marilize Slabber. Wellington : Psychological Services, Department of Corrections, 2012. Literature review - electronic document (26 p.); PDF file: 458.14 KB Summary: This literature and research review looked at the status of domestic violence interventions in Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, United States and New Zealand... Read more
A Comparison of Pacific Island violent youth offenders with Māori and Pālagi violent youth offenders by Apaula Julia Ioane. Thesis - DClinPsy, The University of Auckland, 2011. Summary: Violent offending is disproportionately represented amongst Pacific Island youth offenders. While previous research on Pacific Island youth has focused on gangs and communities, contemporary understanding of this group is limited. The purpose of the study was to explore whether any prevalent risk factors existed among Pacific Island youth offenders who violently offend... Read more This thesis is only available from The University of Auckland Library
Courage to help Rise, March 2013, 22: 2-5 Newsletter article - electronic document; HTML file Summary: It's Not OK campaigner, Jude Simpson tells how she has turned her experience of abuse into a life mission to prevent others from walking the path she did.. Read more
A Critical look at intimate partner typologies by Nayana Islam. Dissertation - BHSc (Hons.), The University of Auckland, 2012. - vii, 81 p. Summary: The aim of this research is to a) review the current research on intimate partner violence typologies and b) to use the Framework for Classification Research to assess this research, to determine to what extent existing literature meets the criteria for good typologies... Read more
Dancing around the families : a grounded theory of the role of neonatal nurses in child protectionby Tina A. Saltmarsh. Thesis - MPhil. (Nursing), Albany, Massey University. 2011. Electronic document (122 p.); PDF file: 782.00 KB Summary: The Ministry of Health objectives aim to protect the health and safety of children by reducing death rates, injury and disability from abuse. Family Violence is a significant health issue that impacts on children. Health professionals are key in the screening for family violence and assessment for child abuse... Read more
Difficult conversations : the dynamics surrounding New Zealand women's disclosure of intimate partner violence to family and friends by Jared Reid Walton. Thesis - MA (Criminology), Victoria University of Wellington, 2012. Electronic document (119 p.); PDF file; 765.75 KB Summary: One in three New Zealand women has experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) at some stage in their lives, with the vast majority of these women disclosing to a family member or friend at some stage during or after the relationship. Therefore, it is important to understand the dynamics... Read more
Men's violence against their wives and partners : the state and women's experience, 1960 - 1984by Jacqueline O'Neill. Thesis - PhD (History), Palmerston North, Massey University, 2012. Electronic document (415 p.); PDF file: 1.76 MB Summary: While men's violence against wives and partners is universal and transhistorical, the various terms used to describe it have been, and remain mutable, constructed and contested. This thesis traces how men's violence against wives or partners was once constructed as a private or domestic matter and how and why these constructions have changed over time... Read more
Response of the New Zealand Police to the Commission of Inquiry into police conduct : third monitoring report Wellington : Office of the Auditor-General, 2010. Report - electronic document (72 p.); PDF file: 530.19 KB Summary: In 2007, the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct (the Commission) criticised the historical conduct, including sexual conduct, of some police officers and their associates. The Commission made multiple recommendations for change within the New Zealand Police (the Police)... Read more
Wellbeing@school : building a safe and caring school climate that deters bullying by Sally Boyd. Wellington : New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2011. Overview paper - electronic document (123 p.); PDF file: 903.18 KB Summary: This paper has two main purposes. The first is to provide an overview of the literature to anchor the development of the Wellbeing@School website and tools in up-to-date evidence and practice. The second purpose is to act as a reference document from which content for the website can be developed... Read more
International Addressing the gendered dimensions of harassment and bullying: what domestic and sexual violence advocates need to know by Nan D. Stein and Kelly A. Mennemeier. Harrisburg, Pa. National Resource Center on Domestic Violence; Enola, Pa. : National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 2011.
Critical Issue Brief, October 2011 Short paper - electronic document (17 p.); PDF file: 439.94 KB Summary: This paper first introduces and discusses a recent policy memo from the U.S. Department of Education that clarifies the distinctions between bullying and harassment and the priorities and responsibilities of school districts, and then outlines the differences between sexual harassment and bullying, explores the unintended consequences of ignoring the gendered dimensions of bullying... Read more
Defining the data challenge for family, domestic and sexual violence, Australia 2013 : A conceptual data framework Canberra, ACT : Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013. Report - electronic document (79 p.); 3.16 MB Summary: It is expected that this publication will contribute to policy development and service delivery planning in Australia by facilitating a common language that accurately and reliably measures statistics in this field... Read more
Risk and protective factors for child abuse and neglect complied by Alister Lamont and Rhys Price-Robertson. Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2013. CFCA paper, March 2013 Short paper - electronic document: HTML file
Summary:This paper provides an overview of tehe risk and protective factors for child abuse and neglect... Read more
The following papers are from the Domestic Violence Evidence Project series.
Advocacy services for women with abusive partners : a review of the empirical evidence by Cris M. Sullivan. Harrisburg, Pa. : National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2012. Research summary - electronic document (10 p.); PDF file: 416.89 KB; HTML file available Summary: Advocacy interventions have received scant evaluation, and the belief in their effectiveness has largely been predicated on anecdotal evidence. The purpose of this review was to systematically locate and review the empirical evidence behind providing advocacy services to survivors of intimate partner violence... Read more
Domestic violence shelter services : a review of the empirical evidence by Cris M. Sullivan. Harrisburg, Pa. : National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2012. Research summary - electronic document (10 p.); PDF file: 389.79 KB; HTML file available Summary: This paper examines the empirical studies of shelter effectiveness in the lives of abused women. This review includes studies of "shelter" in general, and does not address the specific programs offered within shelter (e.g., support groups, children's programs), which are the subject of separate research summaries... Read more
Examining the work of domestic violence programs within a "social and emotional well-being promotion" conceptual framework by Cris M. Sullivan. Harrisburg, Pa. : National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2012. Research summary - electronic document (34 p.); PDF file: 595.93 KB; HTML file available Summary: This paper first elucidates how domestic violence negatively impacts survivors' and their children's well-being, and which factors have been shown to restore this well-being over time. It then describes the Theory of Change that is at the foundation of domestic violence programs' work, and details how domestic violence programs creatively engage with survivors and their children to influence the factors known to promote their well-being. It concludes with a review of the empirical evidence examining the extent to which domestic violence programs have been effective in achieving their desired outcomes... Read more
Support groups for women : a review of the empirical evidence by Cris M. Sullivan. Harrisburg, Pa. : National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2012. Research summary - electronic document (11 p.); PDF file: 473.90 KB; HTML file available Summary: While rigorous evaluations of domestic violence support groups have been quite limited, the broader literature on support group efficacy is informative. Taken together, there is a significant body of evidence indicating that peer support groups can alleviate depression and stress, and increase self-esteem, self-efficacy, and psychological well-being...Read more
Journal articles Links to read the article abstract are provided, as are links to the full article, where possible. Please note that not all full text articles are accessible through the NZFVC library, due to copyright restrictions. New Zealand Community responsibility for freedom from abuse (2006) : the view from 2011 by Jennifer Hand and Betsan Martin. Women's Studies Journal, 2011, 22(2): 11-13 Journal article - electronic document (3 p.); PDF file: 208.67 KB Summary: The argument of this paper was that responsibility for freeing women, men and society from abuse, rests primarily with communities supported by institutional and state resources and policies. We called for a re-balancing of responsibility away from individual women and men... Read more International The Rate of cyber dating abuse among teens and how it relates to other forms of teen dating violence by Janine M. Zweig, Meredith Dank, Jennifer Yahner and Pamela Lachman. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, published online 15 February 2013 Journal article - abstract available online Summary: This study examined the extent of cyber dating abuse-abuse via technology and new media-in youth relationships and how it relates to other forms of teen dating violence in the US... Read abstract Contact your local library for full text access to this article |
In the news
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Update on the implementation of the Children's Action Plan
- 26 Mar, 2013
The National Children's Director has provided an update on the implementation...
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