Historically, the chasm between services for women and services for children has been problematised in the domestic and family violence arena. However, this paper argues that it is now equally, or more problematic, that ...

The evidence that children are at risk of harm when they live with family violence is remarkably consistent. No study suggests that there are not heightened risks and vulnerabilities to their safety and well-being (Hester ...

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 ...

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, ...

This record is the Power Point Presentation slides of "Women’s mental health, family violence and the interface with children’s services".

An overview of some of the issues that were arising in social services responses to domestic violence.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has had a chequered history in relation to gender-based violence and specifically domestic violence. There is evidence that a significant proportion of women who are abused suffer from ...

The risks of harm to children caused by domestic violence have now been recognised. An amendment to the definition of harm in the Children Act 1989 now includes ‘impairment suffered from seeing or hearing the ill treatment ...

The Disability, Parenting and the Law Project developed as a result of concerns expressed by parents with disabilities who came into contact with the Victorian child protection system. The Disability Discrimination Legal ...