Multi-agency risk assessment and management for children and families experiencing domestic violence Nicky Stanley and Cathy Humphreys
By: Stanley, Nicky
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Contributor(s): Humphreys, Cathy.
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ArticleSeries: Child and Youth Services Review.Publisher: Elsevier, 2014Subject(s): CHILD ABUSE | RECOMMENDED READING | CHILD PROTECTION | CO-LOCATION | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | POLICE PROCEDURES | RISK ASSESSMENT | SOCIAL SERVICES | SUPPORT SERVICES | INTERNATIONAL | AUSTRALIA | UNITED KINGDOMOnline resources: Read the abstract
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Children and Youth Services Review, 2014, 47(1), 78–85Summary: This paper explores risk assessment and management in relation to children and families experiencing domestic violence; in particular, the communication and collaboration between child protection services, the police and independent domestic violence services.
Highlights:
• Domestic violence risk assessment needs to address both adult and child victims.
• Risk assessment and management should be done with children and victims not to them.
• Co-location is used by agencies to embed domestic violence skills and knowledge.
• New models of interagency risk assessment are emerging in the UK and Australia.(from the authors' abstract)
Children and Youth Services Review, 2014, 47(1), 78–85
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This paper explores risk assessment and management in relation to children and families experiencing domestic violence; in particular, the communication and collaboration between child protection services, the police and independent domestic violence services.
Highlights:
• Domestic violence risk assessment needs to address both adult and child victims.
• Risk assessment and management should be done with children and victims not to them.
• Co-location is used by agencies to embed domestic violence skills and knowledge.
• New models of interagency risk assessment are emerging in the UK and Australia.(from the authors' abstract)
