Making an impact : children and domestic violence : a reader / Marianne Hester, Chris Pearson and Nicola Harwin.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-194).

PART 1: CHILDREN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:- 1. : Domestic violence - What it is:- Terminology--What is domestic violence--Is domestic violence \'mutual\'? --How much? Accounts of survivors, abusers and witnesses--When does it begin? Domestic violence is often ongoing--The impact of domestic violence--The impact of domestic violence on parenting--Parenting by violent and abusive fathers--Staying/leaving--Learned helplessness-Use of strategies for survival and coping- Disclosing domestic violence-Agency support-Summary--2. Domestic violence and the abuse of children:- Domestic violence as an abusive context for children - \'direct\' abuse--Domesic violence as an abusive context for children - living with and witnessing violence--Domestic violence as a context for child deaths--UK research on child abuse and protection--UK research on women\'s experiences of domestic violence and the link with child abuse--UK research on children\'s experiences of domestic violence--UK research on mothers of sexually abused children--Child abuse as part of the perpetrators\' violence against the mothers and vice versa--Children and post-separation violence - child contact--Summary--3. The impact of domestic violence on children:- How does domestic violence affect children?--How do we know about the impact of domestic violence on children?--UK research indicating the impact of domestic violence on children--The impact of both\'direct\' abuse and the \'indirect\' abuse of witnessing domestic violence--Factors influencing the impact of domestic violence on children--Age as an influencing factor--The impact of domestic violence on pre-school children----The impact of domestic violence on youngeer school-aged children--The impact of domestic violence on older children--Gender as an influencing factor--Race as an influencing factor--Socio-economic status as an influencing factor--Disability as an influencing factor--Mother-child relationship as an influencing factor--Frequency and form of violence as influencing factors--Children\'s coping/survival strategies as influencing factors--Children\'s secrecy as a coping strategy--Children\'s resilience as an influencing factor--Witnessing domestic violence and post traumatic stress disorder--Summary--PART 11: THE LEGAL CONTEXT:-4. Making safe arrangements for children: public and private law:-The Children Act 1989 and domestic violence--Part 1 of the Children Act 1989--The welfare checklist--Parental responsibility--Welfare reports--The care and protection of children unde the Children Act 1989 Parts IV and V--Removing a suspected child abuser from the family home--Providing support for \'children in need\': Section 17 of the Children Act 1989--Private proceedings under Part 11 of the Children Act 1989: making safe arrangements for children after relationship breakdown--Divorce and the new Family Law 1996-Information meeting-Statement of marital breakdown-Period of reflection and consideration-Mediation-Application for a divorce or separation order-Conduct--Implementing the Family Law Act 1996--Summary--5. Protection under the criminal law:- Police responses and the need for change--Police powers under the law--The protection from Harrissment Act 1997--Improving the police response--The prosecution process: key issues for women survivors of domestic violence-Improving court procedures and outcomes-Summary--6. Protecion from violence under the civil law:-Background to recent changes in legislation--New remedies under the Family Law Act 1996 Part IV--Who can use this law?--Non-molestation orders--Occupation orders--Grounds for making an occupation order--Balance of Harm test--Further provisions-Ancillary orders-Ex parte (emergency) orders-Undertakings-Powers of arrest-New provisions and amendments to other legislation--How much will Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 help abused women and children?- Legal Aid-New opportunities--Summary--7. Protection under Housing Law:- The provisions of the Housing Act 1996--Local authority duty to provide temporary housing--Homelessness and threatened homelessness (Part VII)--Priority need for accommodation-Intentional homelessness--Local connection--The provision of temporary accommodation--Other \'suitable\' temporary accommodation--Review of local authority decisions--Protection of property--Help with permanent housing--Implementing the Housing Act 1996: the code of guidance--Making enquiries--Injunctions--Referrals to another area--Wommen\'s refuges--Vulnerability as a result of violence or abuse or sexual and/or racial harassment--Transfers and exchanges--Transferring from a joint to single tenancy--Criteria for making an order--Payment--Exchanges--Implementation of housing law: limitations and problems for women and children experiencing domestic violence--Summary--PART 111: PRACTICE INTERVENTIONS:-8. Social services responses to domestic violence and abuse of children--\'Keeping the family together\'--\'Failure to protect\'--\'Implacable hostility\'--Focusing on mothers and avoiding violent men--Working with and supporting mothers as a positive response--Working with and supporting mothers as a positive response - the case of abusive mothers--Assessing levels of risk and need--Disclosing domestic violence and abuse of children--Routinely asking women about domestic violence--How to ask--Where to ask - separate interviews--Where to ask - sessions with both women and children--Fear of what professionals will do--Fear of what the abuser will do--Monitoring/recording of domestic violence--Summary--9. Practice and intervention with children in circumstances of domestic violence--Children\'s disclosure of domestic violence: general issues--Hiding domestic violence--Routinely asking children about domestic violence--Disclosure of child abuse in circumstances of domestic violence--Taking domestic violence seriously--Handling disclosures by children - emphasis on safety--Assessing safety and risk--Practice interventions with children--Child abuse interventions and practice - reframing to take domestic violence into account--Children and behavioural difficulties--Individual work with children--Individual work with children who have been physically, sexually or emotionally abused in the context of domestic violence--Groupwork with child witnesses of domestic violence--The early Canadian model of groupwork and beyond--The \'Domestic Abuse Program model of groupwork--Evaluation of groupwork for children--Groupwork with children: the UK context--Work with children in refuges--Preventative work with children in schools--Violence prevention in Canada--Violence prevention in the UK--Summary--10. Intervention with male perpetrators of domestic violencce:- Interv ention approaches with perpetrators of male violence--The development programmes for viollent men in the US and Canada--A co-ordinated community approach to domestic violence and violent men--The UK context--UK programmes for violent men--Running programmes for violent men in the UK--The pro-feminist approach to working with violent men--The effectiveness of programmes for violent men--Recent evaluations of UK programmes for violent men--Summary--11. Multi-agency involvement and co-operation in domestic violence:-The development of multi-agency ACPCs and their responses to domestic violence--The development of inter-agency domestic violence forums--The work of inter-agency domestic violence forums--Inter-agency initiatives and work with children--The involvement of social services departments in inter-agency forums--The involvement of housing departments/associations the education service and health services in inter-agency forums--The involvement of Woman\'s Aid refuges in inter-agency forums--The involvement of the police in inter-agency forums--The involvement of legal services in inter-agency forums--Anti-discriminatory practice in domestic viollence foruns--Summary.