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Men's places : literature review Fiona Arney and Mark Westby

By: Arney, Fiona.
Contributor(s): Westby, Mark A.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Darwin, NT : The Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research, 2012Description: electronic document (58 p.); PDF file: 4.34 MB.ISBN: 978-0-9871535-7-9 (paperback) I; 978-0-9871535-6-2 (online).Subject(s): ABUSIVE MEN | COMMUNITY ACTION | COMMUNITY SERVICES | COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTERVENTION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | LITERATURE REVIEWS | PRIMARY PREVENTION | PROGRAMMES | RURAL AREAS | SOCIAL SERVICES | SUPPORT SERVICES | AUSTRALIA | ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES | PREVENTION | INDIGENOUS PEOPLES | HOUSINGOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: "This report provides detail from a review of the literature regarding the prevention of and response to family violence with a focus on engaging Aboriginal men in remote communities. The literature review has been derived at the request of Department of Children and Families in the Northern Territory Australia to inform efforts in violence protection and response with a focus on men. A search of the peer-reviewed and grey literature was conducted to report on the practice and programs related to (i) community-focused activity for men aimed at reducing family violence before it occurs and (ii), community focused activity aimed at providing effective responses to men involved in family violence. The literature review focuses on activity that has been successful in (i) remote Australian communities and (ii), activity that has been successful in remote indigenous communities of other countries". (from the Executive Summary).
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"This report provides detail from a review of the literature regarding the prevention of and response to family violence with a focus on engaging Aboriginal men in remote communities. The literature review has been derived at the request of Department of Children and Families in the Northern Territory Australia to inform efforts in violence protection and response with a focus on men.
A search of the peer-reviewed and grey literature was conducted to report on the practice and programs related to (i) community-focused activity for men aimed at reducing family violence before it occurs and (ii), community focused activity aimed at providing effective responses to men involved
in family violence. The literature review focuses on activity that has been successful in (i) remote Australian communities and (ii), activity that has been successful in remote indigenous communities of other countries". (from the Executive Summary).