Addressing violence against women in the Commonwealth within states' obligations under international law
Christine Chinkin.
Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 40(3): 471-501. Commonwealth Secretariat, 2014
Summary: This article examines international human rights standards with respect to redressing violence against women. It first sets out the international and regional instruments and jurisprudence relevant to determining international standards. It notes that, while there is no single convention explicitly on violence against women, the consistent language is such that these instruments in conjunction with the work of expert bodies provide a blueprint of recommended actions... Read more 

Global and regional standards on violence against women : the evolution and synergy of the CEDAW and Istanbul Conventions
Dubravka Simonovic.
Human Rights Quarterly, 36(3): 590-606 . Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014
Summary: CEDAW does not explicitly prohibit violence against women, it provides a gender specific framework on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women that encompasses violence against women. The new European Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) provides a gendered framework on violence against women and domestic violence... Read more 

Adverse childhood experiences in the lives of male sex offenders : implications for trauma-informed care
Jill S. Levenson, Gwenda M. Willis and David S. Prescott.
Sexual Abuse, online first. Sage, 2014
Summary: This US-based study explored the prevalence of childhood trauma in a sample of 679 male sexual offenders using the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scale... Read more 

Adult disclosure of child sexual abuse : a literature review
Dafna Tener and Sharon B. Murphy.
Trauma, Violence and Abuse, online first. Sage, 2014
Summary: This article reviews the literature, published between 1980 and 2013, on survivors' experiences regarding disclosure of child sexual abuse during adulthood...  

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An exploration of protective factors supporting desistance from sexual offending  

Michiel de Vries Robbé, Ruth E. Mann, Shadd Maruna and David Thornton.
Sexual Abuse, online first. Sage, 2014
Summary: This article considers factors that support or assist desistance from sexual offending in those who have previously offended. Current risk assessment tools for sexual offending focus almost exclusively on assessing factors that raise the risk for offending. The aim of this study was to review the available literature on protective factors supporting desistance... Read more  

Coordinated community response components for victims of intimate partner violence : a review of the literature
Ryan C. Shorey, Vanessa Tirone & Gregory L. Stuart.
Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19: 363-371. Elsevier, 2014
Summary: This paper reviews the individual components of coordinated community responses (CCRs) for victims of intimate partner violence, and examines the literature on a number of the individual CCR components, and suggests directions for future research on this topic... Read more 

Cost-effectiveness of electronic training in domestic violence risk assessment : ODARA 101
N. Zoe Hilton & Elke Ham.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, online first. Sage, 2014
Summary: This study investigated the effectiveness of electronic (online) training compared with face to face training for training in the use of the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA) risk assessment tool... Read more 

Ethics in violence and abuse research : a positive empowerment approach
Julia Downes, Liz Kelly and Nicole Westmarland.
Sociological Research Online, 19(1): 2 (13 pages). 2014
Summary: This article focuses on the tensions that can arise from the research governance of violence and abuse research. The authors argue that increased scrutiny of violence and abuse as a 'sensitive' topic that involves 'vulnerable' groups' has made ethical clearance more challenging, which in turn can lead to a dangerous lack of evidence... Read more 

'I'm working towards getting back together' : client accounts of motivation related to relationship status in men's behaviour change programmes in New South Wales, Australia
Rebecca Gray, Timothy Broady, Irene Gaffney, Pamela Lewis, Tibor Mokany & Brian O'Neill.
Child Abuse Review, online first. Wiley Online, 2014
Summary: A programme evaluation of "Taking Responsibility", an 18-week behaviour change programme offered by Relationships Australia NSW, has revealed that men's change factors are influenced by varying levels of motivation, at intake and throughout... Read more 

Mothering in the wake of childhood violence experiences: reweaving a self and a world at the intersection of history and context
Nicole Y. Pitre, Kaysi E. Kushner, Kathy M. Hegadoren & Kim D. Raine.
Health Care for Women International, online first. Routledge, 2014
Summary: The authors examined the stories of 12 women mothering growing children at the intersection of personal history (childhood violence experiences) and symbolic, structural, and ideological forces and conditions... Read more 

School-based childhood sexual abuse prevention programs : an integrative review
C M Fryda & P A Hulme.
Journal of School Nursing, online first. Sage, 2014
Summary: The purpose of this integrative literature review was to determine the state of the science on school-based CSA prevention programs... Read more