Type:	Journal Article
Title:	History repeating: child protection responses to domestic violence
Other Titles:	Child and family social work
Authors:	Absler, Deborah Humphreys, Catherine
Keywords:	Interagency work;Child protection;Service provision
Year:	2011
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing
Citation:	16 (4), November 2011
Notes:	Humphreys and Absler look at the history of the conflicting intersection of statutory child protection and domestic violence intervention and compare research findings from the 19th and 20th centuries to today’s attitudes to domestic violence intervention where children are involved. In doing a content analysis of 13 publications which examines studies from the US, Ireland, Australia and England they found that while ‘mother-blaming’ may now be re-badged as ‘failure to protect’, the repetition of policies across these child protection systems is due more to entrenched institutional culture rather than the practices of individual workers. However, comparable approaches to improving child protection intervention in an environment of domestic violence are also evident across the international literature. As well as highlighting the importance of specialist domestic violence training for child protection workers, researchers also stress the need for inter-agency cooperation and coordination to develop effective policies, inter-agency guidelines and treatment protocols which will translate to improved outcomes for both mothers and children living with domestic violence.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15056
ISSN:	1356-7500
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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