Violent fathering and the risks to children

Harne, Lynne

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“…La récente attention portée à la paternité dans un contexte de VC suscite plusieurs controverses (Harne, 2011 ;Holden et Baker, 2004 ;Lessard et al, 2010). Certains auteurs soutiennent que les hommes aux comportements violents manipulent le système juridique à leur avantage et utilisent les enfants dans le but de contrôler la mère ; ainsi, les contacts entre eux et leurs enfants ne sont pas à encourager (Bancroft et al, 2012;MacDonald et al, 2009).…”

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Violence conjugale et paternité : les défis de l’intervention sociale

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Turcotte

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Cet article présente les résultats d’une recherche qualitative visant à comprendre comment les intervenants intègrent le concept de paternité dans les groupes de thérapie pour les hommes aux comportements violents. Des groupes de discussion et des entrevues semi-dirigées ont été effectués auprès d’intervenants dans trois organismes au Nouveau-Brunswick et au Québec. Selon l’analyse des données recueillies, la prise en compte de la paternité des hommes représente un défi pour ces intervenants. Les difficultés qu’éprouvent de nombreux hommes (non-reconnaissance de leur violence, expériences de violence lors de l’enfance, frustrations en lien avec les systèmes et problèmes de toxicomanie ou de santé mentale), le manque de temps, d’outils et de formation pour les intervenants, les questions de sécurité, et les normes culturelles et représentations sociales de la violence conjugale, compliquent l’exploration de la paternité dans le cadre des groupes d’intervention.This article reports the results of a qualitative research aimed at understanding how facilitators of male domestic violence groups consider fathering in their interventions with these men. Group discussions and interviews were conducted with facilitators working in three organisations in Quebec and New Brunswick. According to those facilitators, it is difficult to integrate fathering in their interventions. The numerous difficulties experienced by the men (non-recognition of their violence, violence experienced during childhood, frustrations toward the systems, and mental health or addiction problems), lack of time, tools and education and questions regarding security, complicate exploration of fathering in these groups

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Violence conjugale et paternité : les défis de l’intervention sociale

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“…A key insight from the research is the importance of locating fathers' engagement with children within the wider family ecology (Lamb and Lewis, ). Locating fathers' engagement contextually obliges an understanding of the dangers to children of violence and hostility between their parents (Harne, ).…”

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“…Over a decade later, there would appear to be some growth in developing interventions with men, who are fathers, who are violent to women and a limited growth in the associated literature (Harne, ). There are a number of differing reasons for the growth in interventions.…”

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Working with Fathers around Domestic Violence: Contemporary Debates

Featherstone

Fraser

2012

Child Abuse Review

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This article discusses the issues that emerged from a small consultation exercise with academics and practitioners in the field of domestic violence on their perceptions of practice interventions with fathers who were domestically violent. The exercise suggests that there has been a growth in such interventions especially in the UK over the last decade as a result of the recognition of domestic violence as a child protection issue. There are tensions, however, and these mapped onto tensions between interventions located in working with perpetrators and more recent interventions that have a focus on fathers. More importantly, tensions about what kinds of practice interventions were most desirable were linked to wider debates within practice about the merits of set programmes versus more individualised responses. Respondents expressed concern about the lack of evidence on effectiveness on programmes. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Practitioner Messages Interventions directed at fathers that seek to tackle their violence towards their partners have grown in the last decade. There are tensions in philosophy that are related to the history of work with men as perpetrators and more recent developments constructing them as fathers. Tensions are also related to differing views on the desirability and efficacy of set programmes versus individualised, flexible approaches incorporating a range of delivery methods and formats.

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“…To date, there is little knowledge of children's post-separation experiences of fathering, or of the parenting practices of partner-abusive men. However, research that has been undertaken raises serious questions as to the merits of frequent contact with fathers who have been violent, coercive and/or abusive to their partners (Bancroft & Silverman 2002;Bancroft, Silverman, & Ritchie, 2012;Harne, 2011). Bancroft and Silverman (2002), for example, state that there is a propensity for some fathers to be neglectful and inconsistent in their care, showing little interest in the more mundane duties involved in parenting.…”

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“…The outcome of the radical revision has seen the pendulum swing from a view of the importance of the continuity of a mother's care to the necessity of fathers in children's lives. The changes have been particularly detrimental on a number of levels for mothers and have been of concern to feminists who argue that they do not reflect the reality of women's lives (Harne, 2002(Harne, , 2011. The changes were precipitated by a number of factors including rising divorce rates and the consequences for children, an increase in the number of sole mothers, lobbying by fathers for greater rights, and the increase in mothers entering into paid employment (Elrod, & Dale, 2008).…”

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Young People’s Experience of Post-Separation Fathering Where the Father has been Violent to the Mother

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<p>My intention in undertaking this research was to examine young people’s experiences of living with their father following parental separation where their father has been violent to their mother. To date there is little knowledge of children’s post-separation experiences of fathering or of the parenting abilities of partner abusive men. This study takes a feminist approach and is informed by scholarship on family issues, childhood studies and the sociology of the child. The study was guided by hermeneutic phenomenology and thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. Twenty young people aged 18 to 26 took part in the study and face to face interviews were carried out over a one year period. The findings revealed that some fathers were overly punitive in their parenting style with a number of fathers continuing to be physically and/or emotionally abusive to their children. Authoritarian or permissive parenting practices were also identified and a number of fathers were shown to be neglectful, making little effort to bond with their children or provide quality care. In cases where fathers were unable to accept the break-up and move on this was also shown to have an adverse effect on their ability to parent effectively including an inability to co-operate with children’s mothers. In contrast, the majority of mothers were shown to be central to children’s lives undertaking most of the caring responsibilities. Mothers also recognised children’s changing needs as they grew older, encouraged autonomy, and contributed to children’s social development and maturity by trusting their judgement. However, this was not necessarily a protective factor against difficulties that participants have experienced as young adults. A time-share or full-time arrangement was revealed as being the most problematic for children although weekend contact could also pose a risk where pre-separation violence towards children had been severe. The study concluded that a safe outcome for children will require a shift away from a father’s right to contact, emphasising instead children’s right to a life free from abuse.</p>

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Violent fathering and the risks to children

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Violence conjugale et paternité : les défis de l’intervention sociale

Violence conjugale et paternité : les défis de l’intervention sociale

Working with Fathers around Domestic Violence: Contemporary Debates

Young People’s Experience of Post-Separation Fathering Where the Father has been Violent to the Mother

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