Inclusive domestic violence standards: strategies to improve interventions for women with disabilities Lucy Healey, Cathy Humphreys and Keran Howe
By: Healey, Lucy.
Contributor(s): Humphreys, Cathy | Howe, Keran.
Material type: ArticleSeries: Violence and Victims.Publisher: Springer, 2013Subject(s): DISABLED PEOPLE | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTERVENTION | STANDARDS | AUSTRALIAOnline resources: Read abstract In: Violence and Victims, 2013, 28(1): 50-68Summary: Women with disabilities experience violence at greater rates than other women, yet their access to domestic violence services is more limited. This limitation is mirrored in domestic violence sector standards, which often fail to include the specific issues for women with disabilities. This article has a dual focus: to outline a set of internationally transferrable standards for inclusive practice with women with disabilities affected by domestic violence; and report on the results of a documentary analysis of domestic violence service standards, codes of practice, and practice guidelines. It draws on the Building the Evidence (BtE) research and advocacy project in Victoria, Australia in which a matrix tool was developed to identify minimum standards to support the inclusion of women with disabilities in existing domestic violence sector standards. This tool is designed to interrogate domestic violence sector standards for their attention to women with disabilities. (Abstract)Violence and Victims, 2013, 28(1): 50-68
Women with disabilities experience violence at greater rates than other women, yet
their access to domestic violence services is more limited. This limitation is mirrored
in domestic violence sector standards, which often fail to include the specific issues for
women with disabilities. This article has a dual focus: to outline a set of internationally
transferrable standards for inclusive practice with women with disabilities affected by
domestic violence; and report on the results of a documentary analysis of domestic violence
service standards, codes of practice, and practice guidelines. It draws on the Building
the Evidence (BtE) research and advocacy project in Victoria, Australia in which a matrix
tool was developed to identify minimum standards to support the inclusion of women with disabilities in existing domestic violence sector standards. This tool is designed to interrogate
domestic violence sector standards for their attention to women with disabilities. (Abstract)