New resources
Here are some of the books, reports, and other resources added to the NZFVC library this month. Use the "read more" link to the NZFVC library online to read the full summary and request or download the item. Please contact us if any links are broken.
New Zealand
Beres, M. (2017).
Preventing adolescent relationship abuse and promoting healthy relationships (NZFVC Issues paper 12). Auckland: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of Auckland.
Summary: Key Messages
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Violence and abuse in adolescent relationships are serious problems in New Zealand and internationally. These issues do not receive the same level of attention as violence in adult relationships. Adolescence is a key time to intervene and to support young people to build healthy relationship skills... Read more
Bellringer, M., Palmer du Preez, K., Pearson, J., Garrett, N., Koziol-McLain, Wilson, D., & Abbott, M. (2016).
Problem gambling and family violence in help-seeking populations: Co-occurrence, impact and coping. Prepared for the Ministry of Health. Auckland, New Zealand: Gambling and Addictions Research Centre and Centre for Interdisciplinary Trauma Research, Auckland University of Technology.
Summary: The purpose of the research was to identify the level of family and whānau violence and abuse in people seeking help for problem gambling, and to increase our understanding of these issues. A wide definition of family and whānau violence was used...
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Carswell, S., Kaiwai, o-Hinerangi, M., Lennan, M., & Paulin, J. (2017).
Journeys of resilience: From adverse childhood to achieving adulthood: A collaborative study. Wellington, New Zealand: Superu.
Summary: Superu commissioned this project to answer the following two research questions:
1. How many at-risk families go on to achieve positive education and employment outcomes?
2. What are the key factors that influence the achievement of those positive outcomes?..
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Jack, M. (2017).
Independent review of the Ministry of Social Development's decisions relating to the IT system used to capture individual client level data: Final report. Released by the Minister for Social Development on 12 May 2017.
Summary: In April 2017, MSD confirmed a privacy breach of the IT system used to collect ICLD from non-government organisations. The IT system was shut down and Social Development Minister Anne Tolley announced an independent review of the system... Read more
Office of the Children's Commissioner. (2017).
State of care 2017: A focus on Oranga Tamariki's secure residences. Wellington, New Zealand: Office of the Children's Commissioner.
Summary: This report is the third annual summary from the Office of the Children's Commissioner to provide independent monitoring of Child, Youth and Family's policies, practices and services. This year's report focuses on Child, Youth and Family (now Oranga Tamariki) secure residences...
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Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence. (2017).
Fact sheets.
Summary: These fact sheets highlights findings from the Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence survey. The survey was open for four months online in 2015/16 to all people in Aotearoa New Zealand over the age of 16 who identify under the sex, sexuality or gender diversity umbrellas...
Fact sheet #1:
Partner violence
Fact sheet #2:
Sexual violence
Fact sheet #3:
Impacts and asking for help
Fact sheet #4:
Who answered our survey?
Nobilo, H. (2016).
Why should we care? The abuse and neglect of children in New Zealand.
Brainwave Trust Newsletter, Spring 2016, no. 24
Summary: Hilary Nobilo, researcher for Brainwave Trust completed a literature review into the effects of neglect and abuse on New Zealand children...
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International
Centre for Innovative Justice. (2017).
Pathways towards accountability: Mapping the journeys of perpetrators of family violence. Report to Department of Premier and Cabinet. Melbourne, Vic: Centre for Innovative Justice.
Summary: In September 2016 the CIJ was asked to prepare a high level overview of the journeys that perpetrators of family violence take as the service system becomes aware of their behaviour. Knowledge is limited, of course, about these journeys, in part because of the reluctance of perpetrators to engage with services or disclose abuse; as well as a justifiable advocacy and policy focus kept firmly on victims...
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Niolon, P.H., & Kearns, M., Dills, J., Rambo, K., Irving, S., Armstead, T.L., & Gilbert, L. (2017).
Preventing intimate partner violence across the lifespan: A technical package of programs, policies and practices. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Summary: This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) and its consequences across the lifespan. These strategies include teaching safe and healthy relationship skills; engaging influential adults and peers; disrupting the developmental pathways toward IPV; creating protective environments; strengthening economic supports for families; and supporting survivors to increase safety and lessen harms...
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Oran, S., Capron, L., & Trevillion, K. (2016).
Promoting recovery in mental health: Evaluation report. London: King's College London.
Summary: Mental health services have a key role in responding to domestic and sexual violence. Women and men with mental disorders - including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorder, and psychosis - are more likely to be victims of domestic and sexual violence than are people in the general population. Recent research with mental health service users in London found that...
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Trimboli, L. (2017).
Outcome evaluation of NSW's Safer Pathway Program: Victims' experiences (Crime and Justice Bulletin, no. 202). Sydney, NSW: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
Summary: This is the initial outcome evaluation, after only six weeks, of the effect of the new NSW Safer Pathway program on the safety of victims of domestic violence. This evaluation has shown mixed results, which may be related to the short timeframe... Read more
Victoria State Government. (2017).
Free from violence: Victoria's strategy to prevent family violence and all forms of violence against women. Melbourne, Vic: Victorian State Government.
Summary: This strategy fulfils Recommendation 187 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence and is an integral element of the Victorian government's broader family violence system reform. It is a key part of the 10-year plan...
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Vlais, R., Ridley, S., Green, D., & Chung, D. (2017).
Family and domestic violence perpetrator programs: Issues paper of current and emerging trends, developments and expectations. Perth, WA: Stopping Family Violence Inc.
Summary: This report offers an overview, from an Australian context, of trends and developments ranging from the systemic level to daily practice, to stimulate discussion and action about the next steps needed to build perpetrator intervention systems which will strengthen existing family and domestic violence efforts....
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Journal articles
Contact your local library for full text access to articles which are not freely available online.
Bowstead, J.C. (2017).
Segmented journeys, fragmented lives: Women's forced migration to escape domestic violence.
Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 1(1): 45-60
Summary: Women's journeys to escape domestic violence can be understood as an active strategy to achieve safety and as forced migration during which women experience force from the abuser and the impact of agencies and authorities. This article explores the diverse trajectories of individual women's journeys from abuse...
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Broll, R., & Huey, L. (2017).
"Every time I try to get out, I get pushed back": The role of violent victimization in women's experience of multiple episodes of homelessness.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Advance online publication, 19 May 2017
Summary: Research shows that, for most people, homelessness is not a chronic state that one enters and never leaves. Instead, homelessness tends to be dynamic, with individuals cycling in and out of multiple periods of homelessness throughout their lives. Despite this recognition, and a wealth of research on the causes of homelessness, generally, there is a lack of scholarship on the pathways to multiple episodes of homelessness...
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Fulu, E., Miedema, S., Roselli, T., Jewkes, R. (2017).
Pathways between childhood trauma, intimate partner violence, and harsh parenting: Findings from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific.
The Lancet Global Health, 5(5): e512-e522 (Open access)
Summary: Although childhood trauma and violence against women are global public health issues, few population-based data from low-income and middle-income countries exist about the links between them. The authors present data from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific, exploring the pathways...
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Gregory, A.C. (2017).
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The edge to him was really, really nasty': Abusive tactics used against informal supporters of domestic violence survivors.
Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 1(1): 61-77
Summary: Domestic violence (DV) is hazardous to survivors' health, from injuries sustained and from resultant chronic physical and mental health problems. Support from friends and relatives is significant in the lives of DV survivors; research shows associations between positive support and the health, well-being and safety of survivors. Little is known about how people close to survivors are impacted...
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Gregory, A.C., Williamson, E., & Feder, G. (2016).
The impact on informal supporters of domestic violence survivors: A systematic literature review.
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Advance online publication, 10 April 2016
Summary: A systematic literature review of reported research (either in peer-reviewed journals or in grey literature) was undertaken to explore the impacts of DV on survivor networks. Of the articles found, 24 had data relating to the topic area, though no study addressed the question directly...
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Herrman, H., Humphreys, C., Halperin, S., et al. (2016).
A controlled trial of implementing a complex mental health intervention for carers of vulnerable young people living in out-of-home care: The ripple project
BMC Psychiatry, 16:436 (Open access)
Summary: Out-of-home care (OoHC) refers to young people removed from their families by the state because of abuse, neglect or other adversities. Many of the young people experience poor mental health and social function before, during and after leaving care. Rigorously evaluated interventions are urgently required. This publication describes the protocol for the Ripple project and notes early findings from a controlled trial demonstrating the feasibility of the work...
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Sheridan, K. (2014).
A systematic review of the literature regarding family context and mental health of children from rural methamphetamine-involved families implications for rural child welfare practice.
Journal of Public Child Welfare, 8(5): 514-538
Summary: This review of the literature aims to guide practitioners concerned with ameliorating the psychosocial effects for rural-dwelling children from homes where methamphetamine is used or produced. Although a substantial body of research exists regarding the environmental dangers and physical health risks to children from methamphetamine-affected homes, there is a paucity of research regarding child psychosocial outcomes...
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Identifying the key components of a 'whole family' intervention for families experiencing domestic violence and abuse
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Journal of Gender-Based Violence,
1(1): 99-115
Summary
: 'Whole family' interventions for families living with domestic violence and abuse (DVA) are emerging and some international practice examples are available. This study reports a process evaluation of a pilot delivered in Northern England that aimed to work with all members of families experiencing DVA...
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