Newsletter
Kia ora and welcome to the latest newsletter from the NZFVC, a monthly update of resources, news and events for those working to prevent family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Tēnā tātou katoa
Matariki marks the beginning of the Māori year, a time to reflect on the past and celebrate new beginnings. This Pānui features research that has been completed and looks to the future with reviews and consultations on social policy underway.
News, views and happenings in brief:
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Tip of the month
Elder abuse awareness and prevention resources
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is marked on 15 June each year.
Age Concern focuses on Elder Abuse Awareness Week
15 - 22 June 2017 with community events around Aotearoa.
The Clearinghouse adds new resources about the prevention of and response to elder abuse throughout the year. Search for elder abuse in the NZFVC library database for New Zealand and international research.
Go to the Age Concern website for New Zealand information and resources.
Elder Abuse Response Service National Helpline:
0800 EA NOT OK / 0800 32 668 65
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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.
It's never too early, never too late: a discussion paper on preventing youth offending in New Zealand
Gluckman, P.D.
Wellington, New Zealand: Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor, 2018
Summary
: This paper first briefly overviews the pattern of crime involving under-25-year-olds; reflects on issues for victims; and explores the concept of developmental crime prevention. The entry pathways into the prison pipeline (from intergenerational issues to risk factors associated with early offending) are described. Early intervention approaches are highlighted...
The New Zealand legal services mapping project: Finding free and low-cost legal services. Auckland and Otago pilot report
Stewart, K., & Toy-Cronin, B.
Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Legal Issues Centre, 2018
Summary
: Most lawyers charge on an hourly basis and the average charge-out rate in 2016 was $292.70 (excluding GST and disbursements). This puts private lawyers out of reach for many New Zealanders whose median weekly earnings in 2017 were $959. If you found yourself involved in a civil legal dispute, but did not have enough to pay for a lawyer, could you get free or low-cost legal assistance? Piloting a method known as "mapping", the report is an inventory of legal services in Auckland and Otago (the pilot regions), allowing identification of gaps in service provision...
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New Zealand teens and digital harm: Statistical insights into experiences, impact and response
Netsafe
Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry for Women, 2018
Summary
: This report presents the findings of a nationally representative study whose purpose was to explore the experiences, attitudes, and behaviours of New Zealand teens about digital
communications including harm and/or distress...
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Not inherently vulnerable: An examination of paradigms, attitudes and systems that enable the abuse of dis/abled women
Hager, D.M.
PhD thesis, University of Auckland, 2017
Summary
: Despite worldwide evidence that between 33% and 90% of disabled women are abused by a partner, family member or person in the wider community, in New Zealand there are virtually no initiatives to prevent or respond to this abuse. Using the theoretical structure of health promotion, critical emancipatory theory and more specifically, feminist disability theory, this thesis investigates the underlying paradigms that inhibit or enable conversations and collaboration within and between the domestic/sexual violence and disability sectors to address the abuse of disabled women...
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Trauma-informed care: Literature scan
Donaldson, W., with Jury, A., & Poole, S.
Auckland, New Zealand: Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui, 2018
Summary
: The purpose of this review is to better understand evidence-based approaches to trauma-informed service delivery and workforce responsiveness. This is intended to inform a national approach to trauma-informed care and help identify future intersectoral work. This approach will consider the unique New Zealand context of Māori people as tangata whenua and include historical and intergenerational trauma...
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Journal articles
Contact your local library for full text access to articles which are not freely available online.
Challenges of operationalizing trauma-informed practice in child protection services in New Zealand
Atwool, N.
Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication, 16 May 2018
Summary
: New Zealand is undergoing major change in service delivery to children and families. A new Ministry for Children Oranga Tamariki has been established to oversee 5 work streams, one of which provides intensive intervention with families requiring a statutory response to child protection concerns. The government minister responsible promised that the service would be child-centred and trauma-informed. To date, these terms remain undefined, and there is no shared understanding of their meaning. Practice frameworks to support the work of the new ministry are still being developed, creating something of a vacuum in the meantime. The focus of this paper is the challenge of implementing trauma-informed practice in the child protection service...
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International
Counting on change: A guide to prevention monitoring
Our Watch, VicHealth and ANROWS
Melbourne, Vic: Our Watch, 2017
Summary
: A guide for policy-makers, researchers, and advocates on measuring population-level progress towards the prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia...
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(En)countering resistance: Strategies to respond to resistance to gender equality initiatives
Melbourne, Vic: VicHealth, 2018
Summary
: This resource draws together some effective tools and strategies to prepare for and respond to backlash and resistance to gender equality initiatives. It's intended to support the people working for gender equality in a range of sectors - education, sport, workplace, local government, health and media...
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Resistance and backlash in gender equality: An evidence review
Flood, M., Dragiewicz, M., & Pease, B.
Brisbane, Qld: Crime and Justice Research Centre,
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2018
Summary
: Gender equality initiatives often face resistance and backlash. This report begins by examining such resistance, describing its character and origins and the typical forms it takes. The report surveys existing efforts to prepare for and respond to backlash. It concludes with recommendations how most effectively to respond to, and indeed prevent, resistance to gender equality initiatives...
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Enhancing police responses to children exposed to violence: A toolkit for law enforcement
International Association of Chiefs of Police and Yale Child Study Center.
Washington, DC: Office Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 2017
Summary
: These tools are designed to be practical and useful to law enforcement professionals. There are a number of ways that the tools can be applied in the field...
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Protection orders for domestic violence: A systematic review
Dowling, C., Morgan, A., Hulme, S., Manning, M., & Wong, G.
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
, no. 551, June 2018
Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2018
Summary
: Protection orders are a common legal response to domestic violence which aim to prevent further re-victimisation by the perpetrator. The current study systematically reviews research into the use and impact of protection orders, using the EMMIE framework (Effectiveness, Mechanisms, Moderators, Implementation and Economy)...
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Targeting repeat domestic violence: Assessing risk of reoffending
Morgan, A., Boxall, H., & Brown, R.
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
, no. 552, June 2018
Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2018
Summary
: Drawing on repeat victimisation studies, and analysing police data on domestic violence incidents, the current study examined the prevalence and correlates of short-term reoffending.
The results showed that a significant proportion of offenders reoffended in the weeks and months following a domestic violence incident...
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What impact do public sex offender registries have on community safety?
Napier, S., Dowling, C., Morgan, A., & Talbot, D.
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
, no. 550, May 2018
Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2018
Summary
: Sexual offending has a significant impact on victims and can cause considerable angst within the community. The effective management of sex offenders in the community is of paramount importance. This paper reviews the latest empirical evidence from Australia and overseas regarding the effectiveness of public and non-public sex offender registries...
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Who is responsible for child maltreatment?
Allard, T., Hurren, E., Thompson, C., Jenkins, B., Chrzanowski, A., & Stewart, A.
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
, no. 547, May 2018
Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2018
Summary
: Ensuring that children are safe and cared for is a priority for government. The National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2020 emphasises the need for interventions to be appropriately timed and to target the risk factors for child maltreatment. While most existing interventions in child protection focus on the family, there is a need to understand more about those responsible for child maltreatment over their life course, to inform prevention activities...
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Reproductive coercion
Windsor, Qld: Children by Choice Association, 2018
Summary
: This fact sheet describes reproductive coercion using international research and data from the Children by Choice database...
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Violence and pregnancy
Windsor, Qld: Children by Choice Association, 2018
Summary
: This fact sheet discusses the prevalence and impact of violence during pregnancy based on research and client data from Children by Choice...
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Journal articles
Contact your local library for full text access to articles which are not freely available online.
Adolescent violence towards parents: Prevalence and characteristics using Australian Police data
Moulds, L., Day, A., Mayshak, R., Mildred, H., & Miller, P.
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
, Advance online publication, 5 June 2018
Summary
: Adolescent violence toward parents is a unique form of family violence which for many, including police personnel, challenges traditional views of parent-child relationship, and raises questions about victimization. There has been minimal research in Australia to date in this area, and knowledge about both prevalence rates and the characteristics of offenders and victims remains limited. This exploratory study utilized police data from four Australian states...
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Changing practice cultures in statutory child protection: Practitioners' perspectives
Cortis, N., Smyth, C., Wade, C., & Katz, I.
Child & Family Social Work
, Advance online publication, 16 May 2018
Summary
: Many child protection systems struggle to implement effective models of frontline practice in the context of high caseloads, increasing costs, and compliance-focused bureaucratic cultures. This article discusses changes brought about by "Practice First", a framework for practice introduced to improve the quality and effectiveness of child protection work in New South Wales, Australia...
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Collaborating with parents during intervention with parental agreement: Practitioner perspectives on procedural justice
Venables, J., & Healy, K.
Child & Family Social Work
, Advance online publication, 16 May 2018
Summary
: With growing concerns about the efficacy and costs of intrusive child protection interventions and increasing recognition of citizen rights to participation in governance, jurisdictions are looking to collaborative alternatives that divert families from the courts and out-of-home care. In Queensland (Australia), "intervention with parental agreement" (IPA) is one such response. Under IPA, the statutory child protection authority can work collaboratively with families, without a court order, to respond to children assessed as "in need of protection." In this paper, the authors use procedural justice theory as a lens to explore how IPA policy is enacted in practice...
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Consensus statement on abusive head trauma in infants and young children
Choudhary, A.K., et al.
Pediatric Radiology
, Advance online publication, 23 May 2018
Summary
: Abusive head trauma (AHT) is the leading cause of fatal head injuries in children younger than 2 years. A multidisciplinary team bases this diagnosis on history, physical examination, imaging and laboratory findings. Because the etiology of the injury is multifactorial (shaking, shaking and impact, impact, etc.) the current best and inclusive term is AHT. The authors hope that this consensus document reduces confusion by recommending to judges and jurors the tools necessary to distinguish genuine evidence-based opinions of the relevant medical community from legal arguments...
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From an emic perspective: Exploring consent in forced marriage law
Sowey, H.
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
, 51(2): 258-274
Summary
: Forced marriage was criminalised in Australia in March 2013, putting the issue on the agenda of policy-makers and social service providers. Increasingly, however, it is being recognised that criminal laws alone cannot address the practice; protective and preventative strategies are also needed. This paper argues that strategies to address forced marriage will be most effective if they are informed by contextualised and emic understandings of the phenomenon, that is, by the perspectives of individuals, families and communities who are directly affected by forced marriage...
'I'm not getting out of bed!': The criminalisation of young people in residential care
Gerard, A., McGrath, A., Colvin, E., & McFarlane, K.
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology
, Advance online publication, 4 June 2018
Summary
: Evidence from both Australian and international jurisdictions show that children in residential care are over-represented in the criminal justice system. In the current study, we interviewed 46 professionals who had contact with young people in residential care settings in New South Wales, Australia...
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Improving quality of care in hospitals for victims of elder mistreatment: Development of the Vulnerable Elder Protection Team
Rosen, T.
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
, 44; 164-171
Summary
: Hospitals have an opportunity to improve the quality of care provided to a particularly vulnerable population: victims of elder mistreatment. Despite this, no programs to prevent or stop elder abuse in the acute care hospital have been reported. An innovative, multidisciplinary emergency department (ED)-based intervention for elder abuse victims, the Vulnerable Elder Protection Team (VEPT), was developed at New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York City). The VEPT is a consultation service available 24 hours a day/7 days a week to improve identification, comprehensive assessment, and treatment for potential victims of elder abuse or neglect...
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Intimate partner violence and mental health among transgender/gender nonconforming adults
Henry, R.S., Perrin, P.B., Coston, B.M., & Calton, J.M.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
, Advance online publication, 21 May 2018
Summary
: There is significant evidence to suggest that intimate partner violence (IPV) is associated with mental health problems including anxiety and depression. However, this research has almost exclusively been conducted through heteronormative and cisgender lenses. The current study is an exploratory, quantitative analysis of the relationship between experiences of IPV and mental health among transgender/gender nonconforming (TGNC) adults. A national sample of 78 TGNC individuals completed a survey online measuring participants' experiences with IPV and depression, anxiety, and satisfaction with life...
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Promoting young children's interpersonal safety knowledge, intentions, confidence, and protective behavior skills: Outcomes of a randomized controlled trial
White, C., Shanley, D.C., Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., Walsh, K., Hawkins, R., Lines, K., & Webb, H.
Child Abuse & Neglect
, 2018, 82: 144-155
Summary
: Promoting young children's interpersonal safety knowledge, intentions confidence and skills is the goal of many child maltreatment prevention programs; however, evaluation of their effectiveness has been limited. In this study, a randomized controlled trial was conducted examining the effectiveness of the Australian protective behaviors program, Learn to be safe with Emmy and friends™ compared to a waitlist condition...
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Risk profile of young people admitted to hospital for suicidal behaviour in Melbourne, Australia
Borschmann, R., Stark, P., Prakash, C., & Sawyer, S.M.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
, Advance online publication, 20 May 2018
Summary
: Self-harm and suicidal behaviour is most prevalent during adolescence, but little is known about the risk profile of adolescents admitted to hospital for suicidal behaviour. Young people who self-harm are at an increased risk of mortality compared to those who do not self-harm; adolescents admitted to hospital for suicidal behaviour are particularly at risk. The aim of this study was to generate a risk profile of adolescents admitted to hospital with suicidal behaviour. The authors conducted a 12-month retrospective audit of adolescent admissions to the mental health inpatient unit at a tertiary children's hospital in Melbourne, Australia...
Suicidality and family violence in Australian immigrant women presenting to out-patient mental health settings
O'Connor, M., & Ibrahim, S.
Australasian Psychiatry
, Advance online publication, 3 April 2018
Summary
: In this letter, the authors report a de-identified clinical audit of 84 immigrant victims of family violence presenting at two private psychiatric clinics (City and Bundoora, Victoria) with a focus on suicidality, its association with mental conditions and outcome after treatment...
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Toxic masculinity and mental health in young women: An analysis of 13 Reasons Why
Jenney, A., & Exner-Cortens, D.
Affilia. Advance online publication, 7 March 2018
Summary
: The Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, which focuses on the suicide of an adolescent girl, has been accompanied by a large amount of social commentary. However, most of this commentary focuses on the suicide itself and does not consider how the series constructs the root causes of suicide. In this brief article, the authors argue that from a feminist social work perspective, the series highlights a key root cause of mental health problems-sexual violence-and that the discussion of this violence has been woefully absent in the commentary on the series. This analysis relates to Series 1. Series 2 was released in May 2018...
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What can psychiatrists do to better support victims of family violence?
O'Connor, M., Cox, J., & Castle, D.
Australasian Psychiatry
, 2015, 23(1): 59-62
Summary
: This article aims to draw psychiatrists' attention to the problem of family violence and offer pragmatic guidance to detect and manage family violence in the psychiatric context...
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In the news
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Family and sexual violence service provider update - MSD, June 2018
- 19 Jun, 2018
The Ministry of Social Development's (MSD) latest email update for Family...
Government appoints expert panel to welfare review; welfare, poverty and violence
- 19 Jun, 2018
In May, Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni announced an expert...
Elder Abuse Awareness Week 15-22 June 2018 - It's OK to ask for help
- 14 Jun, 2018
Elder Abuse Awareness Week runs from the 15-22 June 2018, starting with World...
Organisations and sectors remain in spotlight on workplace harassment and assault
- 1 Jun, 2018
With ongoing public attention on sexual harassment and assault in the workplace...
Government reviewing Charities Act
- 29 May, 2018
Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Peeni Henare, announced the...
Government starting work to develop Child Wellbeing Strategy
- 29 May, 2018
The Government has begun work on developing a Child Wellbeing Strategy. Prime...
Budget 2018: Funding for family and sexual violence response, central agent
- 22 May, 2018
Budget 2018 was announced on 17 May 2018. The Budget included funding for a new...
Justice Committee reports on domestic violence workplace protections bill
- 17 May, 2018
The Justice Committee has released their final report on the Domestic Violence...
Consultation open on police vetting process
- 15 May, 2018
NZ Police are seeking feedback on proposed legislation for the Police vetting...
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Events
Click on the link for event details. Check for
Until 4 July 2018
Around Aotearoa New Zealand
Until August 2018 *NEW*
Consultation hui organised by the Social Investment Agency around Aotearoa New Zealand
Dates throughout the year
Child Matters & Oranga Tamariki. Free seminars
Locations throughout Aotearoa. See website for details
5 - 7 July 2018 *NEW*
Vuvale Sautu - Fiji Family Violence Training
Pasefika Proud ethnic specific programmes
Auckland
5 & 6 July 2018 *NEW*
Improving Child Wellbeing - A Free Public Lecture Series presented by Presbyterian Support Northern
Next seminars - Promoting work and entrepreneurship in a small community
Auckland - 5 July 2018, 7.45am
Wellington - 6 July 2018, 12.30pm
12 & 13 July 2018 *NEW*
Improving Child Wellbeing - A Free Public Lecture Series presented by Presbyterian Support Northern
Next seminar: School-based mental health interventions: What's best practice?
Auckland - 12 July 2018, 7.45am
Wellington - 13 July 2018, 12.30pm
17 July 2018 *NEW*
Next seminar: How do you measure "child poverty" and what will the new Child Poverty Reduction Bill achieve?
Wellington - 12.30pm
19 - 20 July 2018 *UPDATED*
Hamilton
19 - 21 July 2018
Pasefika Proud ethnic specific programmes
Auckland
25 - 27 July 2018
Pasefika Proud ethnic specific programmes
Auckland
25 - 27 July 2018
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
13 August 2018 *NEW*
Family murder: Pathologies of love and hate
Public lecture
Auckland
22 - 23 August 2018
Shine Advanced Training
Auckland
4 September 2018
Shine Introductory Training
Auckland
5 - 7 September 2018
Third International Conference on Well-Being & Public Policy
Wellington
Save the date
6 - 7 September 2018
3rd Technology Safety Summit
Pre-Summit training for law enforcement personnel only
5 September 2018.
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
21 - 23 September 2018
Feminist engagements in Aotearoa: 125 years of suffrage and beyond
2018 Women's Studies Association / Pae Akoranga Wāhine Conference
Wellington
Save the date. Call for papers closes 30 June 2018
18 - 21 September 2018 *NEW*
Melbourne, Australia
26 - 28 September 2018
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
10-11 October 2018 *UPDATED*
At the Crossroads: Trans-Tasman Online Safety Conference
Auckland
Save the date
21 - 24 October 2018 *NEW*
29 - 30 October 2018
SSPA Conference 2018
Auckland
Save the date
5 - 7 November 2018
Bangkok, Thailand
13 - 16 November 2018
Hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
20 - 21 November 2018 *UPDATED*
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2019
16 - 20 January 2019
Ending Gender Based, Family and Community Violence
SSWR 2019 Annual Conference
San Francisco, CA, United States
Save the date.
22 - 24 April 2019 *UPDATED*
EVAWI 2019 conference
San Diego, California, United States
Save the date. Registration opens 1 July 2018
16 - 19 September 2019
Cape Town, South Africa
Save the date
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