scholarly journals The potential introduction of police-issued family violence intervention orders in Victoria, Australia: Considering the unintended consequences

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ellen Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Family Violence ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Violence Intervention

scholarly journals Exploring Attrition and Completion in a Community Situated Family Violence Intervention Programme

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Anjela Frost
Keyword(s):  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Attrition Rate ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Intervention Programme ◽  
Violence Intervention ◽  
Prevention Programmes ◽  
Data Files ◽  
Analyse Data

<p>This thesis aims to explore the factors associated with attrition and completion for a New Zealand based community situated family violence intervention programme. It takes a mixed methods approach across two studies. Study one quantitatively investigated the attrition rate of the programme, and factors that predict this attrition. It used survival analysis techniques to analyse data files collected during the assessment phase of the programme. An attrition rate of 46% was identified, which is slightly higher than the average rate of attrition across family violence prevention programmes internationally. Ethnicity was the only variable found to predict attrition. Study two qualitatively explored the experiences of men who completed the intervention programme. Men were interviewed to provide insights into the facilitators and barriers to programme completion. Thematic analysis identified three themes of overcoming barriers to engagement and attendance; motivating factors for engagement; and the importance of active participation in facilitating healing. Aspects of the programme that could be strengthened to improve the engagement and attendance of future participants are discussed alongside the wider implications for family violence prevention practice and policy.</p>

scholarly journals ‘It’s a Gendered Issue, 100 Per Cent’: How Tough Bail Laws Entrench Gender and Racial Inequality and Social Disadvantage

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma K. Russell ◽  
Bree Carlton ◽  
Danielle Tyson
Keyword(s):  
Family Violence ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Social Disadvantage ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Restricted Access ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Legislative Reforms

Women’s rates of remand, or pre-trial detention, have grown dramatically in Australia and the rates at which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are incarcerated without conviction are particularly high. However, there is little research examining bail and remand practices and their relationship to social inequalities. This article presents findings from research on the drivers behind women’s increasing rates of custodial remand in Victoria—a jurisdiction that has significantly restricted access to bail through legislative reforms. Drawing on data derived from interviews with criminal defence and duty lawyers, we outline how bail and remand practices systematically disadvantage women experiencing housing insecurity and domestic and family violence (DFV), increasing their risk of becoming trapped in longer-term cycles of incarceration. Our analysis reinforces the need to move away from ‘tough on crime’ approaches to bail. It also highlights unintended consequences of DFV reforms, including further marginalising and punishing criminalised women who are victim-survivors.

Marginalized Women, Domestic and Family Violence Reforms and Their Unintended Consequences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Reeves ◽  
Silke Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
The United States ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Marginalized Women

In the last 50 years, a wide body of research on domestic and family violence (DFV) has emerged, much of which focuses on the victim-survivor experience with the criminal justice system. DFV is an area of rapid law reform, most notably in Western nations such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, as legislative bodies attempt to align policies with emerging knowledge and best-practice principles. Policy and law reform, however, have seen a tension between limiting and enhancing victim autonomy in the criminal justice system process. For the most part, policies have focused on the former, reflecting the understanding that DFV is a crime against the state, thus rendering a victim’s ability to choose how they wish to seek protection a secondary priority. For some women, a mandatory criminal justice system intervention may be a useful tool in seeking protection and addresses past limitations of legal responses to DFV, wherein the violence committed by men against women was largely ignored. However, for many other women, engagement in the criminal or civil justice systems may both enhance risks to safety as well as further engrain disadvantage. While DFV policies have been well intended and reflective of the growing shift toward recognizing DFV as a significant public health issue, the same policies have largely ignored the voices of marginalized women and the ways in which “choice” may manifest differently for different women. There are often unintended consequences of DFV reforms relating to justice responses, which disproportionately affect some victims. Thus, a more nuanced approach in police and court responses to DFV is important to minimize adverse effects on victim-survivor voice and help-seeking.

Young People With Borderline Personality Disorder Have an Increased Lifetime Risk of Being the Victim of Interpersonal Violence

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052098627
Author(s):  
Marialuisa Cavelti ◽  
Katherine Thompson ◽  
Jennifer Betts ◽  
Claire Fowler ◽  
Stefan Luebbers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Lifetime Risk ◽  
Violence Intervention ◽  
Violent Offense ◽  
Increased Risk

This study aimed to examine the lifetime risk of being the victim of criminal or violent offenses among young people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) features (1-9 DSM-IV criteria). Demographic and diagnostic data from 492 outpatients who attended a specialist public mental health service for 15- to 25-year-olds between January 1998 and March 2008 were linked with offending data from a state-wide police database, collected between March 1993 and June 2017, in order to establish victimization history. This included information on criminal offenses perpetrated against these young people and intervention orders implemented to protect them from being victimized by another person’s violent behavior. Logistic regression analyses, adjusted for sex and co-occurring mental state disorders, were conducted on n = 378 who had complete data (76.5% females). As hypothesized, BPD diagnosis and number of BPD criteria were both significantly associated with an increased risk of being the victim of a violent offense and the complainant of a family violence intervention order. Anger and impulsivity independently predicted a higher risk of being the victim of a violent offense, while unstable relationships, impulsivity, and affective instability independently predicted a higher risk of being the complainant of a family violence intervention order. No significant association was found between BPD and the risk of being the victim of a nonviolent offense. These findings indicate that young people with any BPD features (even below the DSM diagnostic threshold) are at increased risk for victimization by interpersonal violence. Moreover, this risk increases according to the number of BPD criteria. This issue needs to be addressed by prevention and early intervention programs (e.g., by working on self-assertion and interpersonal skills, taking into account the possible influence of previous traumatizing relationship experiences).

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