Child focused, Curious, and open to Complexity: A new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practice
Domestic violence is a common and significant issue in families with child protection involvement, both because domestic violence can harm children directly, and because it commonly co-occurs with other issues that increase the risk of harm to children. Despite how common this issue is, child protec...
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| description | Domestic violence is a common and significant issue in families with child protection involvement, both because domestic violence can harm children directly, and because it commonly co-occurs with other issues that increase the risk of harm to children. Despite how common this issue is, child protection systems have often failed to respond appropriately to families in which domestic violence presents a risk of harm to children. In this paper, we will present a model which can support child protection practitioners in working with families in which DFV is identified as a risk to the safety and wellbeing of children. Our model builds on the important work of other researchers who have highlighted existing problems in the way child protection systems respond to domestic violence. Moreover, it treads new ground by approaching domestic violence as a heterogenous issue which requires nuanced and individual responses, with a particular focus on differentiating between coercive control and situational couple violence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bfcfe274cf8a4c20a5c3c4cdf5c3ecac2025-08-20T03:22:09ZengElsevierChild Protection and Practice2950-19382025-07-01510017510.1016/j.chipro.2025.100175Child focused, Curious, and open to Complexity: A new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practiceUlrike Marwitz0Daryl J. Higgins1Thomas Whelan2Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 3065Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 3065School of Behavioural & Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria, 3065, AustraliaDomestic violence is a common and significant issue in families with child protection involvement, both because domestic violence can harm children directly, and because it commonly co-occurs with other issues that increase the risk of harm to children. Despite how common this issue is, child protection systems have often failed to respond appropriately to families in which domestic violence presents a risk of harm to children. In this paper, we will present a model which can support child protection practitioners in working with families in which DFV is identified as a risk to the safety and wellbeing of children. Our model builds on the important work of other researchers who have highlighted existing problems in the way child protection systems respond to domestic violence. Moreover, it treads new ground by approaching domestic violence as a heterogenous issue which requires nuanced and individual responses, with a particular focus on differentiating between coercive control and situational couple violence.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950193825000828 |
| spellingShingle | Ulrike Marwitz Daryl J. Higgins Thomas Whelan Child focused, Curious, and open to Complexity: A new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practice Child Protection and Practice |
| title | Child focused, Curious, and open to Complexity: A new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practice |
| title_full | Child focused, Curious, and open to Complexity: A new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practice |
| title_fullStr | Child focused, Curious, and open to Complexity: A new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Child focused, Curious, and open to Complexity: A new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practice |
| title_short | Child focused, Curious, and open to Complexity: A new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practice |
| title_sort | child focused curious and open to complexity a new model for assessing and addressing domestic and family violence in child protection practice |
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