Type:	Fact Sheet
Title:	Children and domestic violence : information for adultsOccasional paper (Northern Territory. Office of Women's Policy)
Authors:	Hunter, Sue
Keywords:	Impact on children and young people;Community education
Year:	1998
Publisher:	Office of Women's Policy, Dept. of the Chief Minister
Citation:	No. 22
Notes:	Reports on an initiative funded to reduce the incidence of domestic violence through the identification of prevention strategies. Evaluates the most successful methods used in domestic violence prevention workshops with young people aged 12-25 years conducted across Australia by eight organisations. The workshops targeted two groups of participants; young people in the mainstream of society and young people identified as ‘at risk’. The evaluation had two foci: the impact of the workshops on participants and the organisational contexts in which these programmes were located. It found that preventive programmes with young people can have an impact on their knowledge, skills and attitudes. The organisational context was found to crucial to successful programmes.
Contents:	Introduction Northern Territory Government Domestic Violence Strategy What is domestic violence Why does domestic violence occur? Children as victims The effects of violence on children What to look for Meeting the needs of children Endnotes References Attachments: 1: Sources of help 2: Recommended readings.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12015
ISBN:	9780724533091
Physical description:	16 p. :ill. ; 30 cm.
Appears in Collections:	Fact Sheets

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