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2 results foundAuthor: Polaschek, Devon Title: Responding to perpetrators of family violence Summary: Key Messages Integrated response systems offer the most promise for responding to family violence in New Zealand. Integrated systems: • Are built from the perspective of system users, not individual service providers • Include crisis services but also continue to provide support until change is firmly established • Include response subsystems that cater for perpetrators, but also victims and families • More New Zealand research is needed before any redesign proceeds, because good design requires knowledge about service users, and about current responses that is lacking • Our communities hold expertise that is important to harness in any redesign. More researcher-practitioner collaboration should be built into any ongoing research and evaluation, because evidence-based practice is a process, not an outcome. Victims and victim advocates also hold expertise that is valuable to this research. An integrated perpetrator response system includes co-ordination between crisis response and immediate containment, criminal and civil court proceedings, sentence or order compliance, risk monitoring and behaviour change components, and provides services based on risk and need. Necessary components include: • "Best practice" risk assessment and reassessment processes that are used consistently with findings well documented • Providing more dangerous perpetrators more oversight and assistance than less dangerous cases • Prompt detection of increases in risk status, with a corresponding change in response • Providing case managers for those with high and complex needs (e.g., mental health, alcohol and other drugs, housing) who co-ordinate and monitor planned responses. These response systems offer more opportunities to hold perpetrators to account, and in turn, better account to victims for their efforts in keeping them safe. New Zealand currently has no such system, and integrated systems are difficult to build and challenging to make work. Developing a system like this in New Zealand will require a significant investment in funding and the development of the necessary human resources. Current responses are piecemeal and insufficient, and mired in a complex web of bureaucracy. • Four government departments provide funding for short term perpetrator non-violence programmes in the community • More work is needed to develop better risk assessment and risk management practices across different parts of the system • Behaviour change-oriented programmes are relatively short with limited scope for tailoring to the heterogeneity of perpetrators • Level and type of service is based on referral pathway rather than risk or need • Self-referrals are growing, but most are unfunded • Methods for engagement with victims and families for safety monitoring are still developing • There is a lack of recognition in service provision models that contact between perpetrators, victims and families often continues or resumes after a specific episode • A sustained programme of public education similar to road safety campaigns is needed "at the top of the cliff", to increase the impact of these "bottom of the cliff" efforts. Details: Auckland: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of Auckland, 2016. 34p. Source: Internet Resource: Issues Paper 11: Accessed January 27, 2017 at: https://nzfvc.org.nz/sites/nzfvc.org.nz/files/NZFVC-issues-paper-11-responding-perpetrators.pdf Year: 2016 Country: New Zealand URL: https://nzfvc.org.nz/sites/nzfvc.org.nz/files/NZFVC-issues-paper-11-responding-perpetrators.pdf Shelf Number: 144921 Keywords: Domestic ViolenceDomestic Violence PreventionFamily ViolenceIntimate Partner ViolenceVictim Services |
Author: Williamson, Emma Title: Evaluation of the Bristol Freedom Programme Summary: The aim of this evaluation was to examine the effectiveness of the Freedom Programme as provided by the Bristol Freedom Programme Network. Evaluation Method -- The evaluation involved collecting quantitative data from service users who volunteered to take part in the research. Service users were asked to complete an initial survey and were contacted by the research team at a later date to complete either a post survey (if they had completed the course) or an exit survey (if they dropped out). The data was entered into a statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) database and analysed using that software. Summary of findings -- A number of key issues and findings emerged which are summarised here. 1. 27 women agreed to take part in the study and completed the initial survey. 2. The recruitment of participants was not consistent across the Bristol network with a large proportion coming from programmes based in central Bristol. 3. The majority (70%) of participants have a combined household income of less than L10,000 suggesting that poverty and low income might be a factor in determining those women who engage with the freedom programme. 4. A relatively high number of respondents live in council or housing association accommodation. 5. A relatively high number of the women described themselves as unemployed or self defined as 'unable to work'. 6. In addition, a relatively high number of women stated that they had a disability which was not visible, this included mental health issues. 7. Over half the women had moved house more than twice in the past five years. Unstable living arrangements can have a negative impact on women's ability to develop social networks, access training, education, or employment, and can negatively impact on children. 8. The majority of women (16) stated that what they most wanted from the programme was more confidence. 9. This was reflected in the fact that at the start of the programme the women reported low confidence, self-esteem, contentment, and reported feeling a lack of respect and feeling unloved. 10. The women described how at times they were overwhelmed by the information provided by the programme. 11. Only two of the respondents stated that they had contact with the local MARAC and three had had contact with the child protection register. 12. Eleven women stated that their current partner ever got angry or aggressive with them and twelve women said they had been frightened of their partner. 13. Partners appear to have more control over decisions which mainly affect them, a situation not replicated when addressing decisions which might only affect the female respondent. 14. 6 respondents said that decision making caused resentment or disagreements compared to 2 who said it did not. 15. Respondents stated that they disagreed often with their current partner in relation to the following issues: sexual activities; women's friends; women going out with their friends; and partner's anger towards women. 16. All of these key issues relate directly to women having independent social networks and how they subsequently choose to negotiate their sexual relations and their partner's angry responses to them. 17. When dealing with disagreements the largest number (n=10) said they would give in to keep the peace. 18. Twenty respondents said that their previous partner had been aggressive towards them and that they had been frightened of their ex-partner. 19. As with the response to questions about current partners, disagreements emerged in relation to the same issues: sexual activities; women's friends; women going out without their partner; and partners' anger towards. 20. In addition, when reflecting back on previous relationships, women identified additional areas where disagreements occurred. These were: women's relatives; partner's neediness; partner's jealousy; partner's alcohol or drug use; and finally, partner's physical violence towards them. 21. Looking at how women talk about their current and previous relationships is clearly a useful way to engage women without isolating them further. This is an interesting finding as achieving a balance between informing women about the dynamics of controlling behaviour without isolating them further as a result of them feeling the need to defend an abusive partner, can be difficult. 22. In relation to dealing with disagreements with previous partners 15 women said they would avoid the topic or change the subject and 17 (out of 22 respondents) said that they would normally give in to keep the peace. 23. Women sought help from GPs and the police, alongside respondents' friends and relatives. It is useful to note that respondents were less likely to seek help from their partners' relatives and none mentioned their partners' friends as a source of support. This may be significant when considering the potential impact of social awareness campaigns. 24. Eight respondents stated that at the time they thought that the abusive behaviour they experienced was their own fault, and 6 said that they didn't ask for help because they felt isolated. 25. The majority of partners (as identified by the female respondents) did not seek help. Those that did contacted the GP (n=3), Counsellors (n=2), someone at work (n=2), and victim support (n=2). 26. Women believed that their partners did not seek help because they didn't think it was a problem (n=10). 27. When contacted after the freedom programme, all of the women who talked about their experience of the FP reported positively on their experience of the programme. 28. The reasons given for exiting the programme prior to completion were: moved house (n=1); knew someone in the group (n=1); had issues with their children (n=2); and didn't like the people in the group (n=1). 29. The women who had engaged with the programme reported much better ranges in terms of confidence and self esteem. All these women rated their contentment and happiness as either a 3 or 4. 30. The women felt that the most important thing they had got from attending the group was: feeling stronger about future relationships (n=3); had a better relationship with their children (n=2); felt more confident (n=1); and felt better able to spot the warning signs of an abusive relationship (n=1). Details: Bristol, UK: University of Bristol, 2010. 26p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 27, 2019 at: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sps/migrated/documents/rj4997finalreport.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sps/migrated/documents/rj4997finalreport.pdf Shelf Number: 155178 Keywords: Domestic Violence Domestic Violence PreventionFamily Violence Intimate Partner Violence Violence Against Women |