Journal articles

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Animals and domestic violence
Ania Killeen. New Zealand Law Society, 2014
New Zealand Law Journal, March 2014, 71-75
Summary: Anita Killeen, Barrister, discusses the mistreatment of animals in recent cases involving domestic violence... Read more


Researching practises of risk : inside the social work office
Tony Stanley. Society for Science and Education, 2014
Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2014, 1(2): 36-46
Summary: Very little research has been conducted on how statutory social workers undertake their risk investigations into alleged child abuse. Moreover, very little research has explored the risk discourses as utilised and understood by social workers. This paper is the author's methodological account of researching practises of risk within child welfare settings in Aotearoa/ New Zealand... Read more    

International

Acknowledging the complexities of sexual victimisation trauma
Liz Wall and Antonia Quadara. Melbourne, Vic: Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2014
ACSSA Issues, 2014, no.16 (23 p.) PDF
Summary: The mental health impacts of sexual victimisation are frequently acknowledged but there are specific and additional impacts where victims have suffered a particular type of abuse that is: interpersonal, commences at an age where emotional development is affected, is ongoing, chronic or features multiple types of abuse.... Read more


Community beliefs and misconceptions about male sexual assault
Kirsty Duncanson. Melbourne, Vic: Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2013
ACSSA Resource sheet, December 2013 (3 p.); PDF & HTML
Summary: This resource sheet outlines four central assumptions concerning male sexual assault, and identifies research and data that dispel these assumptions... Read more


Domestic violence and abuse : how services can respond effectively: guidance
Centre for Public Health Excellence at NICE. London, UK: NICE, 2014
NICE public health guidance: 50 (172 p.); PDF & HTML
Summary: This guidance for UK health professionals and others aims to help identify, prevent and reduce domestic violence and abuse. Violence and abuse perpetrated on children by adults ('child abuse') is not dealt with in this guidance, but it does include support for children who are affected by domestic violence and abuse... Read more


The exception that proves the rule : female sex offending and the gendered nature of sexual violence
Mary Stathopoulos. Melbourne, Vic: Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2014
ACSSA research summary, March 2014 (24 p.); PDF & HTML
Summary: Although female sex offending is a serious issue it makes up a very small percentage of all sex offences against
children and adults: just under 5% of all offences. Half of all female sex offenders in the criminal justice system co-
offended with a male perpetrator.... Read more


Pacific Research

These reports describe findings from studies replicating the WHO multi-country study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women, and provide prevalence data for violence against women in Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. Reports from other Pacific nations are expected this year.


Somebody's life, everybody's business! National research on women's health and life experiences in Fiji (2010/2011): A survey exploring the prevalence, incidence and attitudes to intimate partner violence in Fiji.  

Suva, Fiji : Fiji Women's Crisis Centre, 2013

Report (327 p.); PDF
Summary: This report presents findings from a national survey on violence against women and girls conducted
by the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC). The survey was undertaken in cooperation with the Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics in 2011... Read more  

Kiribati Family Health and Support Study : a study on violence against women and children
Report prepared by Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Commission 2010
Report - PDF
Summary: This report of the Kiribati Family Health and Support Study analyses data from the first ever nationally
representative child abuse in this country... Read more


Solomon Islands Family Health and Safety Study : a study on violence against women and children
Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Commission 2009
Report - PDF
Summary: This report of the Solomon Islands Family Health and Safety Study analyzes data from the first nationally representative research on violence against women and children in this country... Read more 


The Samoa Family Health and Safety Study
Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Commission 2006
Report - PDF
Summary:  The Samoa Family Health and Safety Study (SFHSS) is a component of the larger Pacific Multi-site Study of the Effects of Violence Against Women on Family Health and Safety... Read more


National study on domestic violence against women in Tonga 2009. Nofo 'a kainga  

prepared by Henrica A.F.M. (Henriette) Jansen, Seu'ula Johansson-Fua, Betty Hafoka-Blake, and Gabriella Renee 'Ilolahia. Nuku'alofa, Tonga: Ma`a Fafine mo e Famili Inc., 2012
Report (255 p.); PDF
Summary: Very little has been known about the prevalence and patterns of violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence in Tonga, and there has been a real need for evidence to learn more about the prevalence, causes and consequences of VAW ... Read more


Vanuatu national survey on women's lives and family relationships
Vanuatu Womne's Centre in partnership with the Vauatu National Statistics Office. Port Vila, Vanuatu: Vanuatu Women's Centre, 2013
Reort (248 p.); PDF
Summary: The aim of the Vanuatu National Survey on Women's Lives and Family Relationships was to conduct a population-based study to provide a reliable benchmark of the prevalence and incidence of violence against women in Vanuatu, and on attitudes to violence... Read more   

Journal articles

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