Severe domestic violence and child maltreatment: considering child physical abuse, neglect, and failure to protect

Hartley, Carolyn Copps

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.01.005

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“…The severity of violence is also relevant, with the US study by Ross (), finding almost a 100% correlation between the most severe abuse of women and the men's physical abuse of children. Other studies confirm this trend (Hartley, ; Kimball, ).…”

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More present than absent: Men who use domestic violence and their fathering

Humphreys

Diemer

Bornemisza

et al. 2018

Child & Family Social Work

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An earlier article referred to the “absent presence” of the perpetrator in the lives of children and their mothers who have lived with domestic violence. It identified the ways in which the shadow of the perpetrator continued and was evidenced in the “symptoms of abuse” that both women and children experienced in spite of his absence. The current article argues that fathers who use violence are actually more present than absent in the lives of children (and women), even following separation. A mixed method approach surveyed men in Men's Behaviour Change Programs (N = 101), and interviewed women who had experienced violence (N = 50). The studies reported that the majority of men in both the quantitative men's study (80%) and the qualitative women's study (77%) had substantial contact with children. The women's interviews highlight the problematic fathering that many of their children experienced, both before and after separation. They reported very high levels of child abuse and poor attitudes to both women and children. The article concludes that the family violence and child welfare systems are poorly configured to address fathers who use violence and continue to hold substantial parenting roles, including following separation.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

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More present than absent: Men who use domestic violence and their fathering

Humphreys

Diemer

Bornemisza

et al. 2018

Child & Family Social Work

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“…The perpetrator of intimate partner violence may also perpetrate against children in the same family (Appel and Holden, 1998). Conversely, mothers who are victims of intimate partner violence may be abusive towards their children (Hartley, 2004;Margolin et al, 2003). Alternatively, children may be injured while attempting to intervene in incidents of intimate partner violence (Edleson et al, 2003), or while being carried by the adult victim at the time of assault.…”

Section: Overlaps Between Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abusementioning

confidence: 92%

Intimate partner violence and child abuse: a child‐centred perspective

Goddard

Bedi

2009

Child Abuse Review

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A substantial body of literature assessing the impact of intimate partner violence on children and associations between intimate partner violence and child abuse now exists. Central to knowledge about these areas of practice and research is a robust, child-centred consideration of some of the more challenging conceptual issues they give rise to. In this paper, we aim to stimulate debate by presenting a critical, child-centred perspective on the intersection between intimate partner violence and child abuse. Initially, we provide the context for the review by presenting a brief overview of the literature. We then consider three central issues from a child-centred perspective. We discuss the language used to describe children forced to live with intimate partner violence, and the importance of hearing children's perspectives on their experiences of such confl ict. Finally, we consider similarities and differences between the intimate partner violence and child abuse fi elds from a child-centred viewpoint. We conclude that increasing conceptual clarity around these issues will enhance research in the fi eld, and ultimately improve interventions designed to protect children forced to live with intimate partner violence. Copyright

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“…Specifically, higher levels of disagreement were more likely in families with parental IPV witnessed by the adolescents. The underlying mechanisms for this may be complicated, but possible explanations may include (a) co-occurrence of parental IPV and child maltreatment (Gilbert et al, 2009), the latter of which is likely to be underreported by parents; (b) co-occurrence of parental IPV and child neglect (Hartley, 2004), resulting in a lower degree of parental supervision and poorer knowledge of the victimization experienced by the adolescents; (c) co-occurrence of parental IPV and victimization in extra-familial contexts including schools and neighborhoods (Dussich & Maekoya, 2007;Finkelhor, Ormrod, Turner, & Holt., 2009), with the latter not known to parents, and (d) the parents; inability to recall accurately due to symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder as triggered by IPV (Briere, 1992).…”

Section: Factors Affecting the Disagreement In Reportsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Are parents reliable in reporting child victimization? Comparison of parental and adolescent reports in a matched Chinese household sample

Chan¹

2015

Child Abuse & Neglect

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Severe domestic violence and child maltreatment: considering child physical abuse, neglect, and failure to protect

Cited by 58 publications

References 23 publications

More present than absent: Men who use domestic violence and their fathering

More present than absent: Men who use domestic violence and their fathering

Intimate partner violence and child abuse: a child‐centred perspective

Are parents reliable in reporting child victimization? Comparison of parental and adolescent reports in a matched Chinese household sample

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