Type:	Report
Title:	Improving women's safety : literature review
Authors:	Health Outcomes International Pty Ltd
Keywords:	Perpetrator programs;Perpetrators;Interagency work;Housing;Leaving/Staying
Year:	2002
Publisher:	Office of the Status of Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Notes:	Executive summary may be downloaded separately from http://www.hoi.com.au/iws/PADV%20-%20IWS%20Lit%20Rev%20(sum).pdf. See also "Improving women's safety", the full report, on our Research & Resources database. This report reviews the existing literature on the subject of women remaining safely in their own homes, on leaving a relationship where there was domestic violence. Three different pathways are identified: where the woman leaves the family home and the man stays; where the woman stays in the family home and the relationship; and where the woman stays in the family home and the man leaves. Risks involved for women, in programmes which remove the perpetrator from the home, are discussed in terms of perpetrator-generated and life-generated risks. The paper discusses integrated responses to domestic violence and perpetrator programmes, and suggests these responses may be able to assist in supporting the woman to remain safely in her own home. The review identified a scarcity of literature that directly addressed the issue of keeping victims of domestic violence in their own home through removal of the perpetrator.
Contents:	Ch. 1: Executive summary Ch. 2: Introduction Ch. 3: Methods of the review Ch. 4: Overview of the literature Ch. 5: Accommodation-related and support needs of women, children and men affected by domestic violence Ch. 6: Legislation Ch. 7: Projects and programs in Australia Ch. 8: Evidence Ch. 9: Discussion Ch. 10: References
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19148
Physical description:	48 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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