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Family violence courts : a review of the literature prepared by Alice Mills, Katey Thorn, Claire Meehan and Marilyn Chetty

By: Mills, Alice.
Contributor(s): Thorn, Katey | Meehan, Claire | Chetty, Marilyn.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : Centre for Mental Health Research, University of Auckland, 2013Description: electronic document (33 p.); PDF file: 509.51 KB.Subject(s): DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | EVALUATION | FAMILY LAW | FAMILY VIOLENCE COURT | INTERVENTION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | JUSTICE | LITERATURE REVIEWS | OFFENDERS | VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: "This review focuses on the existing evaluation research on specialist family courts that has taken place primarily in Commonwealth jurisdictions and, to a lesser extent, the United States. The review begins with a brief overview of the development of family violence courts and then considers existing evaluations, highlighting the methodological approaches used and the key findings. The review concludes by considering the contributions of the existing research for future evaluations of family violence courts." (from the Introduction)
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"This review focuses on the existing evaluation research on specialist family courts that has taken place primarily in Commonwealth jurisdictions and, to a lesser extent, the United States. The review begins with a brief overview of the development of family violence courts and then considers existing evaluations, highlighting the methodological approaches used and the key findings. The review concludes by considering the contributions of the existing research for
future evaluations of family violence courts." (from the Introduction)