History repeating : child protection responses to domestic violence Cathy Humphreys and Deborah Absler
By: Humphreys, Cathy
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Contributor(s): Absler, Deborah.
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ArticleSeries: Child & Family Social Work.Publisher: Wiley, 2011Subject(s): CHILD ABUSE | RECOMMENDED READING | CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE | CHILD NEGLECT | CHILD PROTECTION | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTERVENTION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | MOTHERS | POLICY | SOCIAL SERVICES | SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE | VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | AUSTRALIAOnline resources: Read abstract
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Child & Family Social Work, 2011, 16(4): 464–473Summary: "Statutory child protection has a long and contested history in domestic violence intervention where children are involved. The inadequacy of the response has been raised by researchers, women and their advocates for more than 20 years. In fact, Linda Gordon, in her classic analysis of the files of charitable agencies from 1880 to 1960, showed that violent men were ignored, women whose own lives were in danger were judged as inadequate when they failed to protect their children and ‘child rescue’ was frequently seen as the solution to protecting vulnerable children. The same issues continue to be raised
today. The repetitive pattern points to the structured nature of the problem which goes beyond the intentions and practice of individual workers. A policy response and a cultural change is needed, which tackles not only the ‘age old’ but also some of the newer permutations of intervention in this area. This paper will explore aspects of this structured pattern and then draw from international research and projects which are grappling with positive changes to child protection intervention in this area." (Authors' abstract). Record #5351
Child & Family Social Work, 2011, 16(4): 464–473
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"Statutory child protection has a long and contested history in domestic violence intervention where children are involved. The inadequacy of the response has been raised by researchers, women and their advocates for more than 20 years. In fact, Linda Gordon, in her classic analysis of the files of charitable agencies from 1880 to 1960, showed that violent men were ignored, women whose own lives were in danger were judged as inadequate when they failed to protect their children and ‘child rescue’ was frequently seen as the solution to protecting vulnerable children. The same issues continue to be raised
today. The repetitive pattern points to the structured nature of the problem which goes beyond the intentions and practice of individual workers. A policy response and a cultural change is needed, which tackles not only the ‘age old’ but also some of the newer permutations of intervention in this area. This paper will explore aspects of this structured pattern and then draw from international research and projects which are grappling with positive changes to child protection intervention in this area." (Authors' abstract). Record #5351
