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Victims' experiences of short- and long-term safety and wellbeing : Silke Meyer findings from an examination of an integrated response to domestic violence

By: Meyer, Silke.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Canberra, ACT : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2014Description: electronic document (7 pages.); PDF file: 522.57 KB; HTML available.Subject(s): ABUSED WOMEN | CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | EVALUATION | INTERVENTION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | POLICE PROCEDURES | SUPPORT SERVICES | VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | AUSTRALIA | QUEENSLANDOnline resources: Click here to access online | Access the website In: Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice, June 2014, no. 478Summary: "In this paper the findings are presented from an evaluation of a Queensland police-led integrated service response to domestic violence incidents that was designed to better address women and children’s needs for short and long-term safety. The findings indicated that a significant improvement in women’s self-rated safety and wellbeing was generated throughout the initial six-week support period. However, subsequent follow-up interviews with a sample of participants identified that the women had continued to experience a range of abuse, harassment and stalking after the initial support period had ended. This suggests a need to provide ongoing support to women and children escaping domestic violence, as well as a stronger focus on perpetrator accountability, if improvements to the safety and wellbeing of women and children escaping domestic violence are to be sustained. " (from the Foreword)
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"In this paper the findings are presented from an evaluation of a Queensland police-led integrated service response to domestic violence incidents that was designed to better address women and children’s needs for short and long-term safety. The findings indicated that a significant improvement in women’s self-rated safety and wellbeing was generated throughout the initial six-week support period. However, subsequent follow-up interviews with a sample of participants identified that the women had continued to experience a range of abuse, harassment and stalking after the initial support period had ended. This suggests a need to provide ongoing support to women and children escaping domestic violence, as well as a stronger focus on perpetrator accountability, if improvements to the safety and wellbeing of women and children escaping domestic violence are to be sustained. " (from the Foreword)

Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice, June 2014, no. 478