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ItemDomestic violence and substance use: overlapping issues in separate services?( 2005-09)The links between substance use and domestic violence are increasinglybeing noticed by services providing help to people with drug and alcoholproblems or to those affected by domestic violence. Questions are beingraised about the extent of overlap between substance use and domesticviolence, and the ways in which the dual issues of substance use anddomestic violence can be addressed through more holistic approachesto intervention.This briefing summarises findings from a one-year research project, jointlyfunded by the Home Office and the Greater London Authority (GLA),which aimed to:1. identify strategies for improving practice and policy by building upongood practice in both substance misuse and domestic violence sectors; 2. explore the overlap between domestic violence and substance use bymen and women who are accessing services in the sectors - includingsurvivors and perpetrators of abuse; 3. ascertain service user experiences of help-seeking and service provision.The research consisted of:1. semi-structured interviews with 48 ‘key informants’ to identifyproblems and directions for progressive practice. Key informantsincluded service providers and policy makers in both the domesticviolence and substance use sectors;2. questionnaires of those using substance use and domestic violenceservices. The questionnaires were distributed by 13 agencies’ thatcarried out an assessment of services users;3. interviews with 19 service users from four women’s refuges, fourdomestic violence advice and advocacy services, four substance useagencies and two perpetrator programmes.
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ItemCo-ordination Action on Human Rights Violations: The justice system as an arena for the protection of human rights forwomen and children experiencing violence and abuse. Final report( 2005-12)The Co-ordination Action on Human Rights Violations (CAHRV) addresses human rights violationsin the context of interpersonal relationships. CAHRV is a broad-based, collaboration betweenresearch institutions, policy networks, and individual researchers, funded through the EuropeanCommission's 6th Framework Programme. Major goals of the action are to integrate parallelresearch discourses on violence; unify the theoretical and empirical basis for policy; stimulate new,interdisciplinary and transnational research; and support practitioners, policy-makers, andscientists by facilitating the dissemination of knowledge and expertise. CAHRV focuses on allforms of interpersonal violence, centres them conceptually and strategically within a human rightsdiscourse, and aims to integrate relevant strands of research.Within this project, sub-network 3 ‘intervening with gender-based human rights violations’ aimed todevelop a systematic overview of research on the successes and failures of legal and policysystems to address interpersonal violence, to explore the role of civic participation in addressinggendered violence and compile information on the intersections between criminal, civil and familylaw in response to gender-based violence.Work-package 11, within sub-network 3 aimed to create a research synopsis on the justice systemas an arena for the protection of human rights of women and children. The focus was on the lawprovided for protection from interpersonal violence with a specific focus on its intersections withcriminal and family law.