Domestic Abuse in UK Law
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Domestic abuse orders: risk, vulnerability and training
Purpose: The use of emergency barring orders (EBO) in the form of domestic violence protection notices and orders (DVPN-O) in reported domestic abuse (DA) cases is a relatively new development in t...
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Practitioner perspectives of domestic abuse and women over 45
Low reporting of domestic abuse among women 45 and older has resulted in the needs of those women becoming forgotten among service development. We interviewed 18 practitioners to explore their expe...
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Men who experience domestic abuse: a service perspective
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the needs of men experiencing domestic abuse from the perspective of the professionals supporting them. Design/methodology/approach: An all Wales q...
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Assessing and addressing domestic abuse by Ex-armed service personnel
In the context that separate peer-led services are increasingly being developed to meet the needs of Ex-armed service personnel (Ex-asp) in the criminal justice system, we explore whether such serv...
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Domestic abuse and older people: factors influencing help-seeking
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore professionals’ perceptions of the barriers to help-seeking for victim-survivors of domestic abuse aged 60 years and over. Help-seeking as defined by...
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Systematically identifying and prioritising domestic abuse perpetrators for targeted intervention
International research finds that the majority of harm from crime can be attributed to a small proportion of perpetrators. Accurately identifying these individuals as priorities for intervention ca...
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Design of the “Up2U” domestic abuse perpetrator programme
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to outline the development, structure, and implementation of a new programme for domestic abuse (DA) perpetrators. Design/methodology/approach: A needs-led DA...
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Evaluation of an Australian domestic abuse program for offending males
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to determine recidivism outcomes for 953 offending men with domestic violence histories, serving community-based sentences and enroled in the domestic abuse ...
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Cost-benefits of a domestic abuse program for Australian offenders
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine recidivism costs and benefits for 1,030 community-based male offenders enrolled in a domestic abuse program (DAP) compared to an untreated control...
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Exploring the belief systems of domestic abuse victims: an exploratory study
Purpose: Support service provisions for domestic abuse victims have typically focussed on the immediate risk and etiological factors associated with abuse. Consequently, there is limited research e...
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