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Domestic Violence Survivors and the Intermediate Appellate Courts
Beginning in the 1970s, the “legalization” of domestic violence prevention was aimed at increasing the availability and severity of legal responses...
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Exploring the Role of Frontline Domestic and Family Violence “Advocate-Providers”: Can They Be Part of the National Policy Process in Australia?
Drawing on findings from an Australian study, this article does two things. First, it discusses the neoliberal context and governance that affects...
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The domestic violence victim as COVID crisis figure
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic violence came to be understood as a national emergency. In this paper, we ask how and why...
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Becoming again a war machine: Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of state violence applied to hate crime and domestic violence
The anti-violence movement has embraced a strategy for confronting interpersonal violence through criminal justice legislation. This has led...
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Victim-Survivors, Family and Domestic Violence Service Providers and Support People: Identification of Priority Issues for Research and Translation into Policy and Practice
PurposeThe rates of family and domestic violence (FDV) remain significantly high in Australia, and to address this, we need to ensure that...
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Social Work Practice for Muslim Women Experiencing Domestic Violence in Australia, a Critical Approach to Practice
Domestic violence is a significant health issue and a violation of women’s rights worldwide. Australia signed the Convention on the Elimination of...
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COVID-19 and Domestic Violence: Economics or Isolation?
Recent studies estimate that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly increases reports of domestic violence in several countries. Using mobile device...
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Domestic violence and Islamic spirituality in Lombok, Indonesia: women’s use of Sufi approaches to suffering
This article argues that the Sufi practice of dhikr in combination with Quranic recitation and prayer can be understood as “hidden agency” Muslim...
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Paramedics Encounters with Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Sound Responses
When paramedics attend incidents of domestic violence, and children are present, they are simultaneously positioned to identify and respond to...
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Reparation Policy in Gendered Political Violence: Gendered Torture During the Dictatorship and the Recent “Social Explosion” in Chile
This study explores the gendered violence dimension present in the torture exerted in Chile and the problems that continue to affect the reparation...
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Framing Domestic and Family Violence
When three young children—Trey, Aaliyah, and Laianah—and their mother, Hannah Clarke, were killed in 2020 by Rowan Baxter, the children’s father and...
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The Influence of Media Violence on Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration: An Examination of Inmates’ Domestic Violence Convictions and Self-Reported Perpetration
Research suggests that the representation of violence against women in the media has resulted in an increased acceptance of attitudes favoring...
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Towards zero gender based violence by 2030: progress and gaps in Bangladesh
This paper assesses the feasibility of Bangladesh achieving one of the 3 Zeros Agenda by 2030, which aims to eliminate gender-based violence in the...
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Prevalence of intimate partner violence in pregnant women during the COVID-19 epidemic in Qazvin-Iran 2021
IntroductionIntimate partner violence (IPV) in pregnant women is considered one of the most important types of violence, which can include physical,...
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Adolescent Exposure to Domestic Violence in a South African City: Implications for Prevention and Intervention
A cross-sectional survey conducted with adolescents in their first year of high school in Johannesburg (a South African City) indicates that...
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Barriers to Help-Seeking for Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan: Perspectives of Criminal Justice, Social, Health, and Educational Professionals
PurposeResearch with survivors of domestic violence (DV) suggests that most do not seek supportive services from formal organizations. The purpose of...
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A comparative framework for understanding and addressing interpersonal gun violence
Gun violence, often characterized as a singular issue, is not one cohesive problem. Instead, it takes many forms resulting from the complex interplay...
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The Impact of Gendered Stereotypes and Perceptions of Violence: Perceptions of Female Perpetrators of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Historical approaches to research and practice have meant that female perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence have been marginalized from...
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Domestic Violence Against Women: Law and Practice in India
Women constitute about half of the world’s populationPopulation, but they are placed at various disadvantageous positions due to genderGender/ Gender...
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United States’ teen dating violence policies: summary of policy element variation
As teen dating violence (TDV) has gained attention as a public health concern across the United States (US), many efforts to mitigate TDV appear as...
