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The need for accountability to, and support for, children of men on domestic violence perpetrator programmes Susan Alderson, Nicole Westmarland and Liz Kelly

By: Alderson, Susan.
Contributor(s): Westmarland, Nicole | Kelly, Liz.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Child Abuse Review.Publisher: Wiley, 2013Description: electronic document (16 pages); PDF file: 1.24 MB.Subject(s): ABUSIVE MEN | CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE | CHILDREN | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | FATHERS | INTERVENTION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES | Project Mirabal | SUPPORT SERVICES | SURVEYS | YOUNG PEOPLE | UNITED KINGDOM | ENGLAND | SCOTLAND | WALESOnline resources: Click here to access online | Project Mirabal website In: Child Abuse Review, 2013, 22(3): 182-193Summary: "Many domestic violence perpetrator programmes have incorporated the issue of children's safety and the harmful parenting of domestically violent fathers within their programme content. However, little attention has been paid to the services offered to, and possible outcomes for, the children of men on such programmes. This paper draws on a survey of 44 domestic violence services and 73 interviews with men who were on, or had completed, a programme, ex/partners, programme workers and programme funders/commissioners, to explore how a positive outcome for children might be conceptualised." (from the authors' abstract). This research was undertaken as part of Project Mirabal. See the link for further Project Mirabal publications.
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Child Abuse Review, 2013, 22(3): 182-193 (Open access)

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"Many domestic violence perpetrator programmes have incorporated the issue of children's safety and the harmful parenting of domestically violent fathers within their programme content. However, little attention has been paid to the services offered to, and possible outcomes for, the children of men on such programmes. This paper draws on a survey of 44 domestic violence services and 73 interviews with men who were on, or had completed, a programme, ex/partners, programme workers and programme funders/commissioners, to explore how a positive outcome for children might be conceptualised." (from the authors' abstract). This research was undertaken as part of Project Mirabal. See the link for further Project Mirabal publications.