PART 6: FAMILY VIOLENCE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
Anger management and the Family Court
RESEARCH
Done by: Authors
Funded by: -
Method: Quantitative study, established programme evaluation
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Anger management: what's happening? - a Family Court perspective
Author(s): Curreen, Helen
Completed: YES, 1989
Availability: Auckland University Library
Description: ABSTRACT. The cost of violence to New Zealand is immense, as social agencies are well aware. Its most bewildering and insidious form occurs between people who seemingly "love" each other. The institutions of marriage, the family and the home, which nurture personal growth, love, self esteem and well-being, are for some a scene of abuse - physical, emotional and sexual. The Family Court in New Zealand is responsible for enforcing legislation intended to provide some protection for these victims. The Domestic Protection Act 1982 allows an abused partner, (male or female) to apply to this Court for Non-Molestation or Non-Violence Orders. Upon granting these orders on an interim basis, a judge may also direct that the abusing partner attend an anger management course. My intent is to establish a profile of the families involved and ascertain characteristics of them that relate to the impact of anger management. I examine behaviour of judges, counselling co-ordinators, the respondents and the anger management group facilitators. Discussion of the statistical data with these contributing groups helped to formulate an overall 'picture'. In the final analysis, however, it is the views of the women who initiated the proceedings, that have contributed most to the major finding. This is that: "WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH" (both in the individual and in the widest community sense): not enough to protect women who seek help to end the beatings, torment, threats and fear pervading their lives. This study uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods, presents a mixture of dry statistical presentation on...court process together with emotionally charged expressions from the women. Discussion alone has already produced some change. This shows that judges, counselling co-ordinators and anger management group facilitators are responsive to the needs of the families they work with. The conclusions contain several specific recommendations to the Justice Department.
Keywords: anger management, community safety, courts, Domestic Protection Orders, domestic violence, Family Court, judiciary, victims, violence
Notes: Research practicum for post-graduate Diploma in Social Science at The University of Auckland.
Title: Anger management: what's happening? - a Family Court perspective: a replication in part of 1989 Henderson Family Court Research
Author(s): Shadbolt, Maureen, in collaboration with Helen Curreen
Completed: YES, 1993
Availability: Available from Waitakere Community Corrections Office, P O Box 21050, Henderson, (09) 837-0148.
Description: INTRODUCTION. This brief survey replicates in part the research undertaken by Helen Curreen, Counselling Co-ordinator at the Family Court, Henderson, as her practicum for a post-graduate Diploma in Social Research (Curreen, 1990; "Anger Management: What's Happening? A Family Court Perspective"). Aims. The aims of that research relevant to this present project were: to develop a profile of Family Court clients affected by applications for Domestic Protection Orders; to examine the response of the court system to referrals to anger management programmes; to examine what happen to referrals, the response of anger management groups, and the men themselves. Methodology [abridged]. This research involved a quantitative examination of the Family Court files selected for the sample. Some analysis of data was undertaken and, where appropriate and possible, the data collected was compared with the results of the previous research. It is proposed to use the data collected and comparisons thereof as a vehicle for future discussion particularly in regard to the development of WAVES (Waitakere Anti-Violence Essential Services), a local family violence intervention project.
Keywords: anger management, community safety, courts, Domestic Protection Orders, domestic violence, Family Court, victims
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Criminal justice system responses
RESEARCH
Done by: Institute of Criminology (Victoria University of Wellington)
Funded by: National Police Headquarters
Method: Qualitative study, quantitative study
Status: IN PROGRESS, expected completion date end of 1996
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: The police and criminal justice system response to domestic violence
Author(s): Carbonatto, Helene
Completed: NO, planned completion date end of 1996
Availability: Publication is definitely planned; a summary report and journal articles will be published.
Description: This research attempts to assess the appropriateness of the current criminal justice system response to domestic violence. This is achieved through both a quantitative and qualitative component. The quantitative research was based on 270 police files from 3 separate districts. The aims of this component included: an overview of what an incident entails; factors associated with offending, sentencing and prosecution practices; recidivism and factors associated with recidivism. The qualitative component included in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of the above (24 women in all) to assess the victim's viewpoint on criminal justice practice. The research concludes by questioning the appropriateness of a criminal justice response to some incidents of domestic violence.
Keywords: alcohol, alternative justice systems, case processing, domestic violence, ethnic issues, gender issues, offences, offenders, police, prosecution, recidivism, restorative justice, sentencing, sentencing effectiveness, victimisation, victims, violent crime
Notes: PhD thesis, Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington.
Title: Expanding intervention options for spousal abuse: the use of restorative justice
Author(s): Carbonatto, Helene
Completed: YES
Availability: Victoria University of Wellington Institute of Criminology Occasional Paper No. 4, April 1995
Description: Considers the possibilities of using restorative justice for family violence cases.
Keywords: alternative justice systems, courts, domestic violence, enforcement, gender issues, offenders, police, restorative justice, victims, violent crime
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Title: Dilemmas in the criminalisation of spousal abuse
Author(s): Carbonatto, Helene
Completed: YES
Availability: Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 1994; 2:21-31
Description: Critically examines policy changes and legal reforms relating to spousal abuse over the last ten years.
Keywords: courts, domestic violence, enforcement, ethnic issues, gender issues, offenders, police, prosecution, restorative justice, sentencing, sentencing effectiveness, victims, violent crime.
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Custody and access decisions
RESEARCH
Done by: Authors (University of Waikato)
Funded by: University of Waikato
Method: Literature review, qualitative study
Status: IN PROGRESS, 1994-1998
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: "Don't throw bouquets at me...(Judges) will say we're in love": an analysis of New Zealand judges' attitudes towards domestic violence
Author(s): Busch, R. and N.R. Robertson
Completed: YES, 1994
Availability: In J. Stubbs (Ed) Women, male violence and the law. Sydney: Institute of Criminology; 104-46
Description: Drawing on the author's interviews with judges in 1991 and an analysis of New Zealand case law concerning domestic violence, this chapter examines judges' attitudes as expressed in the following contexts: in Family Court protection proceedings; prosecutions and appeals heard in the District and High Courts concerning breaches of non-molestation orders; cases of serious violence under section 5 of the Criminal Justice Act 1985; and in custody and access applications in the Family Court. The experiences of victims set a measure by which the appropriateness of the justice system's responses to domestic violence can be judged. We have called it "the gap"-that limbo between women's realities and the system's attitudes. It is only by closing the gap that the wide-ranging personal and societal consequences of domestic abuse can be lessened. Changes in judicial attitudes will not alone result in this occurring. In the context of the present New Zealand government's cutbacks in spending on benefits, women's refuge funding, health care services, legal aid, accident compensation, education, and housing-can anyone believe that abused spouses and children will be enabled to more easily escape from their batterers?
Keywords: abused children, abused spouses, adjudication, attitudes, domestic violence, government cutbacks, judiciary
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Title: Safeguarding the welfare of children
Author(s): Busch, R. and N.R. Robertson
Completed: YES
Availability: Butterworths Mental Health and the Law Bulletin, 1995; 4:46-52
Description: -
Keywords: child, child witnessing spouse abuse, domestic violence, legislation impacts, "safety" of the child, supervised access, victims
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Title: I didn't know just how far you could fight: contextualising the Bristol Inquiry
Author(s): Busch R. and N.R. Robertson
Completed: YES
Availability: Waikato Law Review, 1994; 2:41-68
Description: Aims. A case study of the events leading up to the killing of three children by their father who had been given custody of them by the Family Court. The killings were the subject of an enquiry by Sir Ronald Davison who recommended extensive changes to the approach to custody and access decision making in cases involving domestic violence. These recommendations were substantially incorporated into amendments to the Guardianship Act passed in 1995. The case study provides an analysis of the way the Family Court largely ignored the existence and impact of spousal violence and describes in some detail the context of the case leading to Sir Ronald's recommendations..
Keywords: access, access to justice, courts, custody, domestic violence, gender issues, judiciary, psychologists, victims
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Title: The 1995 Domestic Violence Bill: a reform half done?
Author(s): Busch R. and N.R. Robertson
Completed: YES
Availability: Butterworths Family Law Journal, 1995; 1:216-21
Description: Conclusion. The 1982 Act sought to close a "gap" which had been identified in the law. At the time, it was an important innovation. Since then, much has been learnt about how the law can be used to enhance the safety and autonomy of victims. Exemplary codes from other jurisdictions are available. The drafters of the Domestic Violence Bill have made only limited use of this knowledge. While the Bill is a significant advance, it really is a reform only half done.
Keywords: criminal behaviour, domestic violence, legislation impacts, legislative reform, offenders
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Title: Supervised access: prioritising children's safety
Author(s): Busch, Ruth
Completed: YES
Availability: Proceedings of Family Violence Conference. Wellington, 30 June - 1 July, 1995
Description: ABSTRACT. It is now beyond contention that children are significantly harmed by their exposure to acts and/or threats of physical and sexual violence directed either at themselves or at members of their family. Sinilarly, witnessing a parent or other family members being intimidated, harassed, and denigrated also involves harmful psychological and developmental consequences. The newly proposed amendments to the Guardianship Act 1968 provide a means of minimising some of the deleterious effects of domestic violence on children by codifying an approach to custody and access decision making that prioritises the safety of the child over all other factors presented to the court. The amendments go some way to recognising the obvious: that spouse abuse in the presence of children, whether they witness it visually or hear it occurring in another room in the house, is a form of psychological child abuse and the prepetrator of such abuse demonstrates a significant lack of commitment to the best interests of the child.
Keywords: child witnessing spouse abuse, domestic violence, legislation impacts, "safety" of the child, supervised access, victims
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Title: Not in front of the children: the literature on spousal abuse and its effects on children
Author(s): Robertson, N.R. and R. Busch
Completed: YES
Availability: Butterworths Family Law Journal; 1994; 1(6):107-15
Description: Aims. A review of the effects on children witnessing spousal violence and the correlations between spousal violence and child abuse. The implications of this research are discussed in relation to custody and access decision making in the courts. Method. Literature review.
Keywords: access, custody, domestic violence, family, gender issues, judiciary, victims
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Domestic violence protection orders
RESEARCH
Done by: University of Waikato
Funded by: Victims Task Force, and J.R. McKenzie Trust
Method: Literature review, qualitative study, quantitative study
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Protection from family violence: a study of Protection Orders under the Domestic Protection Act 1982 (abridged)
Author(s): Busch, R., N.R. Robertson and H. Lapsley
Completed: YES, 1992
Availability: Wellington: Victims Task Force, 1992. ISBN 0-477-07645-9
Description: The Victims Task Force commissioned this study of 'continuing breaches of non-violence and non-molestation orders made by the Family or District Court, with a view to improve the protection offered to victims' (Victims Task Force, 1990). More specific objectives were to investigate: current law; relevant laws in other jurisdictions; the ways in which current law is administered, through examining archival material as well as interviewing relevant personnel in the courts, police and refuges; and to examine the impact of current practices on the victims of breaches and those associated with them. Three broad sources of information were used in this study: 1. archival material, such as published and unreported decisions of the courts, police files, and statistics compiled by relevant statutory and non-statutory organisations; 2. interviews with key informants (police, judges, refuge workers, counsellors and Family Court counselling co-ordinators); 3. women whose orders had been breached or who were otherwise having difficulty in gaining protection from abusive partners (or ex-partners). An analysis is developed of the operation of the police, the Family Court, Family Court counselling, and the Criminal Court. Problems are identified and specific recommendations for enhancing protection are made.
Keywords: access to justice, bias, community safety, domestic violence, enforcement, gender issues, human rights, judiciary, Maori, offenders, police, prosecution, recidivism, system efficiency/effectiveness, victims, violent crime
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DOVE
RESEARCH
Done by: Author
Funded by: Crime Prevention Unit via Napier Safer Community Council
Method: Qualitative study, established programme evaluation
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: An organisational analysis of DOVE Hawkes Bay Inc.
Author(s): Te Nana, Rihi
Completed: YES, January 1996
Availability: Crime Prevention Unit Report, January 1996.
Contact Crime Prevention Unit,
P O Box 55, Wellington.
Description: Process evaluation of services provided by Domestic Violence Education Intervention Project (DOVE), management systems etc. DOVE delivers men's and women's family violence programmes as well as taking a co-ordination role.
Keywords: domestic violence, rehabilitation, victims
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Economic costs
RESEARCH
Done by: Coopers and Lybrand
Funded by: Department of Social Welfare
Method: Economic analysis
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: The New Zealand economic cost of family violence
Author(s): Snively, Suzanne
Completed: YES, 1994
Availability: Wellington: Family Violence Unit, Department of Social
Welfare.
ISBN 0-9583357-2-9
Description: The purpose of this assignment, The New Zealand Economic Cost of Family Violence, is to provide a framework for estimating the economic cost of family violence in New Zealand. Although the costings differ depending on the assumptions, the conclusion is the same in all cases - the economic cost of family violence in New Zealand is significant for both the individual and society. The results of the analysis indicate that the annual cost of family violence in New Zealand is at least $1.2 billion.
Keywords: costs of crime, domestic violence, economic costs, prevalence, victims
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Elder abuse in Manawatu
RESEARCH
Done by: Authors
Funded by: Mid Central Health
Method: Literature review, qualitative study
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Elder abuse in New Zealand, a Manawatu study
Author(s): Kriechbaum, Anthony J. and Barbara Simons
Completed: YES
Availability: New Zealand Family Physician, 1996; 23(2)
Description: ABSTRACT. This study describes the epidemiology of reported elder abuse in the greater Manawatu region. It also profiles current clinical management preferences. No New Zealand studies were forthcoming from a literature search. A total of 108 case reports were identified by the study; this may include some double reporting. A GP recognition-prevalence or presentation-prevalence of less than 0.4 per cent was demonstrated (c.f. OECD prevalence estimate 3-5 per cent). This strongly suggests that elder abuse is a "hidden problem" and a "gate-keeper" issue. Significant risk factors were identified and confirmed by the study. The epidemiologic profiles were very similar to those of recent Australian studies. Involvement of domiciliary support services was the most preferred management option. Provision of respite care was also used very widely. Admission to secondary care and rest-home placement of victims were options that were frequently used, as was the provision of counselling. Significantly, the use of legal intervention and support for mandatory reporting was very low.
Keywords: domestic violence, elder abuse, health, sexual abuse, victimisation, victims
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Elder abuse services
RESEARCH
Done by: Age Concern New Zealand
Funded by: Lottery Aged funded the pilots, Social Policy Agency (DSW) is funding research data collection and analysis.
Method: Pilot programme evaluation, comparison with other family violence services
Status: IN PROGRESS, expected completion date 30 June 1997
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Elder abuse and neglect in New Zealand
Author(s): National Advisory Group, for Elder Abuse and Neglect (Age Concern New Zealand)
Completed: YES, September 1995
Availability: Contact Age Concern NZ, P O Box 10-688, Wellington.
Description: Five pilot programmes were initiated by Age Concern in response to professional and public demand for the intervention and prevention strategies to combat elder abuse and neglect. The report identifies the major findings from the pilot programmes. The report also recommends the introduction of elder abuse and neglect services throughout New Zealand and the setting up of an officials group to decide which government agency will have policy and funding responsibility for elder abuse and neglect services. An independent evaluation (by Patricia Knaggs) of the five pilot programmes is included as an appendix.
Keywords: crime prevention, domestic violence, elder abuse, financial abuse, older person, seniors
Notes: A further report with improved data and analysis is expected to be provided to the Government early next year (February 1997).
FAMILY VIOLENCE
Emergency department protocols
RESEARCH
Done by: Injury Prevention Research Centre (The University of Auckland), and Alcohol and Public Health Research Unit
Funded by: Health Research Council of New Zealand, and North Health
Method: Qualitative study, quantitative study, pilot programme evaluation
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Emergency Department protocols of care for women abused by partners: formative evaluation report
Author(s): Spinola, Carla and Janet Fanslow
Completed: YES
Availability: Auckland: Alcohol and Public Health Research Unit, The University of Auckland, 1995. ISBN 0 908970-55 2
Description: This report describes some of the issues pertinent to the development of an emergency department protocol of care for women abused by their partners.
Keywords: domestic violence, emergency department protocols, health, victims
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Title: Emergency Department protocols of care for women abused by their partners: final process evaluation report
Author(s): Stewart, Liz and Sue Loughlin
Completed: YES
Availability: Auckland: Alcohol and Public Health Research Unit, The University of Auckland, 1995. ISBN 0 908970 56 0
Description: This report describes some of the issues encountered when implementing a protocol of care for women abused by partners.
Keywords: domestic violence, emergency department protocols, health, victims
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Title: An Emergency Department protocol study on partner abuse: results from the formative, process and outcome evaluations
Author(s): Fanslow, J.L., C. Spinola, L. Stewart and R. Norton
Completed: YES
Availability: Injury Prevention Research Centre Report Series No. 19, ISSN 1173-1443
Description: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [abridged]. Background. Partner abuse of women results in a considerable number of deaths, injuries, long-term physical and mental health consequences and considerable economic costs. Despite this, health care professionals have been slow to develop and utilise appropriate, proactive responses to the issue of abuse. Aims...To evaluate the development, implementation and outcomes of an Emergency Department (ED) protocol of care for the identification and treatment of women abused by their partners... Methods. The protocol was adapted from models developed overseas, in collaboration with local emergency department staff and community group representatives. Formative evaluation was undertaken through consultative input from key stakeholders and information collection from ED staff... Process evaluation primarily involved the conduct of key informant interviews with ED staff and other relevant stakeholders. Outcomes were assessed through the conduct of pre- and post-intervention assessments of ED staff identification and acute care of abused women at one intervention ED (Middlemore Hospital) and one comparison ED (Auckland Hospital). Results. Issues associated with the development of the protocol included the importance of ensuring that the guidelines developed were appropriate and safe for the women presenting to the ED and appropriate for ED staff, in terms of the time and physical constraints in which they worked... Issues identified during implementation of the protocol included the need for flexible delivery of the initial training. Staff responses to the protocol and training were positive, but they reported initial difficulties with asking women about abuse, and with the recommendation to conduct routine screening for abuse. When the recommendation was modified so that staff only assessed for abuse when they felt conditions warranted, implementation of the protocol proceeded smoothly. Staff reported that provision of the guidelines facilitated their response to the issue of abuse, and reinforced provision of good clinical care. On-going evaluation suggests that the protocol has subsequently become well-integrated into standard ED procedures. Results of the outcome evaluation indicated that implementation of the protocol was successful in improving identification of abused women... Improved identification was accompanied by improved acute management of women by ED staff, including better documentation of injuries and increased use of appropriate interventions...
Keywords: domestic violence, emergency department protocols, health, victims
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Title: Emergency Department protocols of care for women abused by their partners: one-year follow-up
Author(s): Fanslow, J., R. Norton and E. Robinson
Completed: NO, planned completion date December 1996
Availability: -
Description: This study reports on the one-year sustainability of an emergency department protocol for women abused by their partners.
Keywords: domestic violence, emergency department protocols, health, victims
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Family Court custody and access
RESEARCH
Done by: Policy and Research Division, Department of Justice
Funded by: Department of Justice
Method: Literature review, qualitative study, quantitative study, established programme evaluation
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Moving apart: a study of the role of Family Court counselling services
Author(s): Maxwell, Gabrielle M. and Jeremy P. Robertson
Completed: YES, 1990, revised 1993
Availability: Wellington: Department of Justice, December 1994. ISBN 0-477-07671-8
Description: Aim. From 1987-1989 the Family Court counselling services were studied: the way they operated; who went and why; and most importantly their impact and effectiveness. This is the main report and provides an overview and summary of findings of the principal study... drawing on other reports from the project. Method. Material drawn from population statistics, Justice statistics, records held by Courts Division of the Department of Justice, and files held in Family Courts on 492 cases which first came to attention of the Family Court in 1988 and 1989. But the primary source was from the clients themselves...a random sample of those who first approached the Family Courts in Otahuhu, Hamilton, Wellington or Christchurch; ... 528 people were interviewed as soon as possible after their first approach to the court, and 429 were again interviewed six months later.
Keywords: case processing, children, courts, domestic violence, family courts, system efficiency/effectiveness, youth
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Title: The welfare of the child: a literature review
Author(s): Hall, Georgie
Completed: YES
Availability: Family Court Custody and Access Research Report 1. Wellington: Department of Justice. 1989
Description: This review follows the custody and access debate of the last two decades, and focuses primarily on research findings about the effects of different custody arrangements on children.
Keywords: access, children, custody, domestic violence, family courts, system efficiency/effectiveness, youth
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Title: A counsellors perspective on the Family Court and its clients
Author(s): Maxwell, Gabrielle M., Rhonda Pritchard and Jeremy Robertson
Completed: YES
Availability: Family Court Custody and Access Research Report 2. Wellington: Department of Justice. 1990
Description: ABSTRACT. Family Court counsellors have emerged during the last eight years as a group numbering at least 500 people including psychologists, social workers, Marriage Guidance trained counsellors and people with a background of community experience. One hundred and fifty eight counsellors from four Court areas were surveyed to establish their backgrounds and their views on how best they could be supported in providing a service for clients. Their replies point to general satisfaction with most aspects of arrangements with the Family Court but specify needs in the areas of training, professional support, and feedback and monitoring of effectiveness. The need to improve information services to clients is also expressed.
Keywords: children, counsellors, domestic violence, family courts, system efficiency/effectiveness
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Title: The views of counsel for the child, specialist report writers, and Department of Social Welfare report writers
Author(s): Hong, Bev
Completed: YES
Availability: Family Court Custody and Access Research Report 3. Wellington: Department of Justice. 1991
Description: The purpose of this study was to provide general information about the three professional services (counsel for the child, Department of Social Welfare report writers, and specialist report writers) and the roles they performed in custody and access cases in the Family Court.
Keywords: access, children, custody, counsel, domestic violence, family courts, lawyers, reports, system efficiency/effectiveness, youth
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Title: Custody and access orders: interviews with parents about their court experience
Author(s): Harland, Anne
Completed: YES
Availability: Family Court Custody and Access Research Report 4. Wellington: Department of Justice. 1991
Description: This paper presents the findings of a number of in-depth interviews with people who have obtained a final custody and/or access order through a Family Court
Keywords: access, children, custody, domestic violence, family courts, parents, system efficiency/effectiveness, youth
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Title: Counselling co-ordinators' group discussion
Author(s): Harland, Anne
Completed: YES
Availability: Family Court Custody and Access Research Report 5. Wellington: Department of Justice. 1991
Description: The role of counselling co-ordinator was created by the Family Courts Act 1980. This report presents the findings of a group discussion held with six counselling co-ordinators from three courts. The objective of this discussion was to gain an understanding of the co-ordinator's opinions on issues concerned with custody and access cases in the family courts.
Keywords: access, children, counsellors, custody, domestic violence, family court, system efficiency/effectiveness, youth
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Title: A survey of Family Court Judges
Author(s): Policy and Research Division, Department of Justice
Completed: YES
Availability: Family Court Custody and Access Research Report 6. Wellington: Department of Justice. 1993
Description: This study describes the views of Family Court Judges on the issues of custody and access within the Family Court. A written questionnaire...was sent to the 27 Family Court Judges and the Principal Family Court Judge in September 1988. There was a response rate of 64%. The questionnaire included questions on the administration and performance of the Family Courts in relation to custody and access issues; the specialist services available to the court; issues concerning the children who are the subjects of custody and access disputes; violence between spouses; and the appropriateness of Family Court procedures for Maori and Pacific Island clients.
Keywords: access, children, custody, domestic violence, ethnic issues, family courts, judiciary, system efficiency/effectiveness, youth
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Title: The lawyers' perspective
Author(s): Hall, Georgie, Angela Lee and Anne Harland
Completed: YES
Availability: Family Court Custody and Access Research Report 7. Wellington: Department of Justice. 1993
Description: This publication presents the views of Family Court lawyers involved in custody and access proceedings. A questionnaire was sent to 138 lawyers who acted on a regular basis for parents in custody and access disputes in the Otahuhu, New Plymouth/Hawera and Christchurch Family Court districts. A 67% response rate was achieved.
Keywords: access, custody, children, domestic violence, family courts, lawyers, parents, system efficiency/effectiveness, youth
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Title: Family Court custody and access research: discussion paper
Author(s): Hall, Georgie and Angela Lee
Completed: YES
Availability: Family Court Custody and Access Research Report 8. Wellington: Department of Justice. 1994
Description: This report is the culmination of an extensive programme of research on Family Court proceedings... Many issues have been examined leading in this report to a considerable number of suggestions for change to aspects of Family Court proceedings... It deals only with subjects that emerged as major issues and does not draw together all the important and interesting findings of the research projects.
Keywords: access, counsellors, custody, children, domestic violence, ethnic issues, family courts, judiciary, lawyers, parents, system efficiency/effectiveness, youth
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Family Court issues
RESEARCH
Done by: Department of Justice
Funded by: Department of Justice
Method: Qualitative study
Status: YES
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: The Family Court: a discussion paper
Author(s): Leibrich, Julie and Suzette Holm
Completed: YES
Availability: Monograph Series No. 6: August 1984. Wellington: Department of Justice. See also Content analysis of submissions on Family Court discussion paper, Holm, S. and J. Leibrich. February 1984. Wellington: Department of Justice (unpublished)
Description: This paper summarises the main issues which have emerged from changes to the family law legislation passed in 1980 and brought into action by the new Family Court in October 1981. Its aim is to identify those issues which need research - both explorations and evaluations, and serve as an impetus for those issues which need action. 70 people were interviewed, including people who had [and had not] used the Court during a marriage or de facto marriage break-down, ...departmental staff, judges, lawyers, counsellors, specialists and people who represent specific interest groups. The issues identified included violent relationships.
Keywords: courts, domestic violence, Family Court, policy development
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Family violence research review
RESEARCH
Done by: Family Violence Unit (Department of Social Welfare), in conjunction with Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development)
Funded by: Family Violence Unit (Department of Social Welfare)
Method: Literature review, key informant interviews, questionnaire, workshop
Status: IN PROGRESS, expected completion date end of 1996
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Gaps and priorities in family violence research
Author(s): Family Violence Unit
Completed: NO, planned completion date end of 1996
Availability: Planned to be published by Social Policy Agency (Department of Social Welfare) and will be available on request. Results published in Social Policy Journal of New Zealand No. 4, July 1995.
Description: Aims. 1. To report on priorities for family violence research in New Zealand. 2. To investigate issues on family violence research, including policy/research/ programme interface. 3. To produce an annotated bibliography and list of work in progress. 4. To maintain a database of current and planned research on family violence.
Keywords: costs of crime, domestic violence, family violence
Notes: [Bibliographic details for many of the research projects and publications listed in Gaps and Priorities and not otherwise covered in this present Directory are reprinted in Appendix 1 (X codes), with kind permission from the Family Violence Unit.]
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Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP)
[also known as HAIP]
RESEARCH
Done by: University of Waikato
Funded by: Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating Committee, and the University of Waikato
Method: Pilot programme evaluation, established programme evaluation
Status: IN PROGRESS, ongoing
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: The Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project: the first three months
Author(s): Robertson, Neville, Ruth Busch, Karen Ave and Roma Balzer
Completed: YES, October 1991
Availability: Report #1 for the Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating Committee. 14pp.
Description: The Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP) was officially launched in July 1991. Modelled on the Duluth (Minnesota) Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP), the project provides an integrated approach to domestic violence. This report, the first in a series of regular evaluation reports, describes the implementation of the project over the first three months and provides preliminary comment on the successes and problems encountered.
Keywords: adjudication, domestic violence, enforcement, gender issues, HAIPP, human rights, judiciary, Maori, police, prosecution, recidivism, sentence administration, sentencing, system efficiency/effectiveness, victimisation, victims, violent crime
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Title: The Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project: six month evaluation report
Author(s): Robertson, Neville R. and Ruth Busch
Completed: YES, February 1992
Availability: Report #2 for the Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating Committee. 58pp.
Description: The Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP) was launched in July 1991 with the aim of providing an integrated approach to domestic violence. This report is the second of a series of regular evaluation reports describing the progress of the pilot.
Keywords: adjudication, domestic violence, enforcement, gender issues, HAIPP, human rights, judiciary, Maori, police, prosecution, recidivism, sentence administration, sentencing, system efficiency/effectiveness, victimisation, victims, violent crime
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Title: The Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project: nine month progress report
Author(s): Furness, Jane A., Marewa P. Glover, Saskia M. Schuitemaker, Neville R. Robertson and Ruth Busch
Completed: YES, June 1992
Availability: Report #3 for the Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating
Committee. 12pp.
ISSN 1172-5982
Description: This report describes important developments in the project since the six month evaluation report.
Keywords: adjudication, domestic violence, enforcement, gender issues, HAIPP, human rights, judiciary, Maori, police, prosecution, recidivism, sentence administration, sentencing, system efficiency/effectiveness, victimisation, victims, violent crime
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Title: The Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project: the first year
Author(s): Robertson, Neville R., Ruth Busch, Marewa P. Glover and Jane A. Furness
Completed: YES, October 1992
Availability: Report #4 to the Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating Committee. 54pp.
Description: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [abridged]. Under the sponsorship of the Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating Committee (FVPCC), the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP) was launched in July 1991. By providing an integrated response to family violence, the intervention protocols are designed to maximise the safety of victims and ensure abusers are held accountable for their use of violence. Key aspects of the intervention include: an active policy of arresting abusers; support and advocacy services for victims; better prosecution strategies; and court-mandated attendance at a men's education programme for abusers with penalties for non-compliance. A crucial aspect of the project is monitoring the performance of agencies to ensure compliance with intervention protocols. Significant achievements in the first year of HAIPP are highlighted and recommendations are provided in relation to policing, to Family Court, to the Criminal Court, and to the pilot project.
Keywords: adjudication, domestic violence, enforcement, gender issues, HAIPP, human rights, judiciary, Maori, police, prosecution, recidivism, sentence administration, sentencing, system efficiency/effectiveness, victimisation, victims, violent crime
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Title: The Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project: two year review
Author(s): Robertson, Neville R. and Ruth Busch
Completed: YES, August 1993
Availability: Report #5 to the Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating
Committee. 41pp.
ISSN 1172-5982
Description: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [excerpts]. The first year of the project saw dramatic changes in the operation of participating agencies as the intervention protocols were implemented. Changes have been less dramatic during the second year during which the protocols have continued to be implemented with a high degree of consistency... While the review has identified some problems, these need to be put into the context of the dramatic changes which have occurred in Hamilton over the past two years. None of the people interviewed in preparing this report doubted that intervention has enhanced the safety of women and children victims of family violence and none doubted that abusers are now more accountable for their violence. The basic goals of intervention are being achieved.
Keywords: adjudication, domestic violence, enforcement, gender issues, HAIPP, human rights, judiciary, Maori, police, prosecution, recidivism, sentence administration, sentencing, system efficiency/effectiveness, victimisation, victims, violent crime
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Title: From a victim's perspective: a multiple case study evaluation of the men's education programme
Author(s): Furness, J.A.
Completed: YES, January 1994
Availability: Hamilton: The HAIP Monitoring Team, University Of Waikato, Report No. 6. 244pp.
Description: ABSTRACT. This study evaluated the impact of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project men's education programme on participants' partners. A secondary objective was to investigate the relative usefulness of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in understanding programme outcomes. The case study participants were nine Pakeha women whose partners were court-mandated or self-referred to the 26 week (52 hour) programme and were either living with their partners or retained an interest in the relationship. Face-to-face and telephone interviews using schedules of open-ended questions were conducted every two or three weeks for the duration of the programme or at other times as some women's circumstances changed. Behaviour checklists measuring the frequency of physical and psychological abuse tactics were administered to participants and partners at programme entry and exit. The evaluation found that men stopped the worst of their physical abuse but were less successful at stopping their psychological abuse. Women reported more serious abuse in interviews and on checklists than the men reported on checklists suggesting that victims' perspectives must be included if programme outcomes are to be reliably evaluated. The women's involvement with HAIPP was positive and supported the need for a co-ordinated community intervention to combat domestic violence. In-depth studies of men's programme content and process, and longitudinal studies to understand men's and women's programme effects are suggested.
Keywords: domestic violence, gender issues, HAIPP, offences, offenders, sentence administration, victimisation, victims, violent crime
Notes: M.Soc.Sc. thesis
Title: What's love got to do with it?: an analysis of an intervention approach to domestic violence
Author(s): Busch, R. and N.R. Robertson
Completed: YES, 1993
Availability: Waikato Law Review, 1993; 1:109-40
Description: ABSTRACT [abridged]. The Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP), launched in July 1991, represents an attempt to reform the justice system's response to domestic violence, particularly the violence of men directed against their women partners. In this article, we outline the philosophy of intervention, describe the intervention protocols which have been developed in Hamilton, analyse their operation and assess some of the impacts the intervention approach has had on the administration of justice. The data collected so far is encouraging. For example, although some abusers may continue to use violence, 71% of women interviewed for the six month evaluation reported that their partners had shown clearly positive changes (the rest reported either limited changes, no change or ambiguous changes). The majority of women interviewed as part of the twelve-month evaluation reported that they felt safer and that their partners (or ex-partners) were less controlling, In addition, the increased number of women who telephone the police when they have been assaulted suggest that there is a perception that women are being taken more seriously by the justice system. We have anecdotal evidence of men wanting to move out of Hamilton because it has become too "hot" for them. This suggests the power of an integrated approach to domestic violence.
Keywords: domestic violence, gender issues, HAIPP, judiciary, offenders, police, recidivism, system efficiency/effectiveness, victims
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Title: Response to the Ministry of Health Evaluation Report of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project
Author(s): HAIP Monitoring Team
Completed: YES, September 1995
Availability: Hamilton: The HAIP Monitoring Team, University Of
Waikato, Report No. 7.
ISSN 1172-5982
Description: This paper is an attempt to: 1. highlight some crucial findings of the evaluation as defined from an intervention perspective; 2. answer some criticisms made in the evaluation; 3. raise other issues not adequately covered in the evaluation; and 4. summarise the main implications for intervention in Hamilton and other communities.
Keywords: domestic violence, HAIPP, system efficiency/effectiveness
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Title: "Ain't no mountain high enough (to keep me from getting to you)": an analysis of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project
Author(s): Busch, R. and N.R. Robertson
Completed: YES
Availability: In Women, male violence and the law, Stubbs, J. (Ed). Sydney: Institute of Criminology, 1994. pp34-63
Description: In its third year the HAIPP evaluation process has begun to focus on the impact of an intervention approach for individual abusers and victims. The data collected so far is encouraging. For example, although some abusers may continue to use violence, 71 per cent of women interviewed for the six month evaluation reported that their partners had shown clearly positive changes... The majority of women interviewed as part of the 12-month evaluation reported that they felt safer and that their partners (or ex-partners) were less controlling. Comments from interviews conducted as part of the recent evaluations are also positive... In addition, the increased number of women who ring the police when they have been assaulted suggests that there is a perception that women are being taken more seriously by the justice system. We have anecdotal evidence of men wanting to move out of Hamilton because it has become too "hot" for them. This suggests the power of an integrated approach to domestic violence.
Keywords: domestic violence, gender issues, HAIPP, offenders, victimisation, victims
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HAIPP evaluations
RESEARCH
Done by: Ministry of Health, Department of Justice, Rivers Buchan Associates, Gray Matter Research, Coopers and Lybrand
Funded by: Multi-agency funding including Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating Committee,Department of Social Welfare, Department of Justice and NZ Police
Method: Literature review, qualitative study, quantitative study, pilot programme evaluation
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Overview of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Programme (HAIPP) evaluation
Author(s): Dominick, Clare
Completed: YES, April 1995
Availability: Wellington: Health Research and Analytical Services, Ministry of Health; confidential report
Description: The report outlines the problems that prompted HAIPP's introduction, describes how HAIPP addressed these problems and discusses the intended and actual implementation of HAIPP. It goes on to review the extent to which each of the intervention elements contributed toward achievement of project goals and to review the costs of HAIPP. Finally it considers the implications of the evaluation results for family violence policy development.
Keywords: crime prevention, crime statistics, criminal behaviour, domestic violence, education, HAIPP men's education programme, HAIPP model, inter-agency co-ordination, monitoring, offences, offenders, police, recidivism, rehabilitation, sentencing effectiveness, system efficiency/effectiveness, victimisation, victims, victim safety
Notes: As well as the following reports, the evaluations referred to in this present report include Snively, Suzanne The New Zealand economic cost of family violence (F060.1).
Title: Intervention programmes for domestic violence abusers: a literature review
Author(s): Gray, Alison
Completed: YES
Availability: Wellington: Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating Committee, 1994
Description:
Keywords:
Notes:
Title: An evaluation of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Programme (HAIPP): analysis of Department of Justice statistics
Author(s): Edgar, N. and J. Paulin
Completed: YES, 1993
Availability: Wellington: Department of Justice, September 1993.
Contact Judy Paulin,
(04) 494-9860, fax (04) 494-9917, e-mail judy.paulin@justice.govt.nz
Description: The study examines national trends in conviction for 'male assaults female', rates and patterns of reconviction among a sample convicted of 'male assaults female' in three locations, and compares reconviction rates among a sample attending an HAIPP programme who did and did not complete the programme. The sample of HAIPP programme completers were less likely than non-completers to be reconvicted within 3 years for an offence of any type, for a violence offence, or for 'male assaults female'.
Keywords: crime prevention, crime statistics, criminal behaviour, domestic violence, education, offences, offenders, recidivism, sentence administration, sentencing effectiveness
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Title: Women's experiences of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP)
Author(s): Dominick, Clare, Alison Gray and Melissa Weenink
Completed: YES
Availability: Wellington: Ministry of Health, 1995
Description: Objectives. The objectives were to document women's experiences of abuse prior to and following contact with HAIPP; to describe women's contact with HAIPP and with other relevant agencies; and to document their perceptions of the usefulness of interventions in reducing or eliminating abuse for themselves, their children and their partners... Method. The victims' survey was a retrospective sample survey of women victims who came to the notice of HAIPP during 1992 and 1993... Results. The results are indicative rather than conclusive. Most (89%) women considered that overall, the level of violence/abuse they experienced decreased over the survey period. Most (83%) felt safer than they did two years before. Contact with women who used HAIPP services was often the result of their partner's contact with the justice system or attendance at the men's programme. For some women the justice system may not be their preferred option for dealing with family violence. Therefore alternative access routes to groups providing specialist support, practical help, advice and education about family violence may need to be strengthened in an inter-agency approach. This could include Department of Social Welfare services and Health Sector services.
Keywords: crime prevention, domestic violence, education, gender issues, HAIPP model, inter-agency approach, system efficiency/effectiveness, victimisation, victims, women's experiences
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Title: The costs of the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project
Author(s): Green, F.T.
Completed: YES
Availability: Wellington: Health Research and Analytical Services, Ministry of Health, April 1995
Description: Objectives. The objective was to estimate the cost and level of resources dedicated to the HAIPP activities by both the HAIPP office and outside agencies involved in the programme: the police, Community Corrections, the courts and women's refuges. Results. The cost information in this report may be considered in conjunction with the results of the other evaluation studies which relate to outcomes (for victims, assailants and to the system response to domestic violence). In addition, comparisons may be made with the costs and outcomes of other domestic violence intervention programmes. Estimated costs relate to the year 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994 and are exclusive of GST. The direct costs of HAIPP were $430,000. Sixty two per cent of this was on salaries of HAIPP staff. A total of 7 full-time equivalent staff were employed by HAIPP.
Keywords: costs, domestic violence, programmes, resources, system efficiency/effectiveness
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Title: HAIPP evaluation: experiences of men's education programme participants
Author(s): Health Research and Analytical Services
Completed: YES
Availability: Wellington: Health Research and Analytical Services, Ministry of Health, April 1995
Description: Aims. The study was designed to gather information about participants' perceptions of the HAIPP men's education programme and assess to what degree the programme had contributed to any changes in these men's behaviours and beliefs. Method. Personal interviews were conducted with 77 men who attended the HAIPP men's education programme between 1992 and 1994. Results. Overall, men reported a substantial reduction in the frequency of abuse. Prior to contact with HAIPP, 86 per cent of the men reported using some form of physical abuse. At the time of the interview, 15 per cent reported using physical abuse. Emotional abuse dropped from being reported by almost all of the men to two thirds of them. Controlling behaviours reduced from 87 to 43 per cent. Notably, sexual abuse, although only reported by about one third of the men, dropped to a very low level at the time of the interview. These changes were aligned with changes women reported in the victims' study. A significant proportion of men specifically attributed these changes to the HAIPP men's education programme.
Keywords: crime prevention, criminal behaviour, domestic violence, education, gender issues, programme effectiveness
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Title: The relationship between Judges and the Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP)
Author(s): Lungley, S.
Completed: YES
Availability: Wellington: Ministry of Health, April 1995
Description: Aims. The research was designed to determine the impact that HAIPP had on sentencing patterns of Judges in Hamilton and to establish ways that future judicial support for intervention programmes could be developed. Method. Phone interviews were conducted with all current Hamilton based judges, one retired judge and another judge who frequently sat in Hamilton.
Keywords: criminal behaviour, domestic violence, education, judiciary, programmes, sentence administration, sentencing, system efficiency/effectiveness
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Title: Hamilton Abuse Intervention Pilot Project (HAIPP): evaluation of Family Court to the men's education programme
Author(s): Williams, Bob
Completed: YES
Availability: Wellington: Rivers Buchan Associates, April 1995
Description: Aims. The evaluation sought to: (i) determine the number of referrals and rate of compliance of men referred to the HAIPP men's education programme through self-referral, the Hamilton Family Court, and the Hamilton District Court; (ii) investigate factors which influence the levels of referrals and compliance in the Hamilton Family Court as compared with Family Courts in other selected centres. Method. The evaluation used two main information gathering methods. An analysis of existing numerical databases, and a series of semi-structured interviews with Court Officers and members of men's education groups. In addition to Hamilton, the evaluation covered Courts and programmes in seven other areas. Results. Within the constraints of the system the combined efforts of Hamilton judiciary, Hamilton Family Court, HAIPP and the Hamilton men's education programme result in relatively high rates of referral, engagement and completion. The major problems are related to engagement. Many of these problems are endemic, and rely on national initiatives to resolve. However, rates of engagement could be improved by the following local initiatives: serving the 37a referral with the Court Orders; training bailiffs; the men's education group directly contacting referred men; individual induction sessions; paying the travelling expenses of men living over 15K from Hamilton; improvements to the process of prosecuting men.
Keywords: courts, criminal behaviour, domestic violence, offenders, referrals, system efficiency/effectiveness
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Maori women's experiences
RESEARCH
Done by: Author
Funded by: Manaaki Tauira Funding, Family Violence Prevention Co-ordinating Committee grant, and The Health Research Council of Aotearoa
Method: Literature review, qualitative study
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Te puna roimata: Maori women's experience of male partner violence: 7 case studies
Author(s): Glover, Marewa
Completed: YES
Availability: ISBN 0-473-03514-6
Description: CONCLUSION. In this thesis I have presented a review of the literature pertaining to Maori women's experience of male partner violence. Using a qualitative grounded theory appraoch, I asked seven Maori women to talk about their experience of male partner violence. Their stories have been presented in narrative form and in their final form the stories can be used as a resource by workers and agencies working to stop Maori men's violence or helping the victims of that violence. The methodology adds to the range of proven appropriate methods that can be used when working with Maori participants in research. A cross case analysis of the stories was completed and this was used to draw tentative conclusions about the appropriateness of using certain imported theories on wife abuse in Maori stopping violence programmes. Implications for emerging theory of local origin was also discussed in light of the results.
Keywords: case studies, criminal behaviour, domestic violence, ethnic issues, gender issues, male partner violence, Maori, Maori women's experience, offenders, stories, victimisation, victims
Notes: Abridged version of M.Soc.Sc. in Psychology thesis, University of Waikato, 1993.
FAMILY VIOLENCE
Men speak about domestic abuse
RESEARCH
Done by: Department of Justice
Funded by: Department of Justice
Method: Literature review, qualitative study, quantitative study
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Hitting home: New Zealand men speak about domestic abuse
Author(s): Leibrich, Julie M., Judy Paulin and Robin Ransom
Completed: YES, July 1995
Availability: Wellington: Department of Justice in association with
AGB McNair.
ISBN 0-477-07690-4
Description: The problem of domestic abuse is widespread and severe in New Zealand. This research looked at what men say about domestic abuse: what they know about the problem, whether they condone it, and what they do themselves. The research was based on two studies conducted in New Zealand in 1994. The first was a survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,000 men and the second was a follow-up survey of 200 of those 2,000 men. In the first survey, 70% said domestic violence was a major problem, 87% knew that hitting a women is a crime and 67% have some personal knowledge of men hitting women. Yet 25% said that physical abuse and 58% said that psychological abuse of women partners is okay in some circumstances. Men who tend to condone abuse are older, have less egalitarian views of women, and higher anger levels. Asked about 11 types of physical abuse and 11 types of psychological abuse, 21% reported at least one physically abusive act in the last year and 53% reported at least one psychologically abusive act. The most commonly reported acts of physical abuse are pushing, grabbing or shoving, slapping, and throwing something at a woman. The most commonly reported acts of psychological abuse are insulting or swearing at a woman, putting down her family or friends, trying to prevent a woman from doing something she wanted to do, and throwing, smashing, hitting or kicking something. Men who were physically abusive are almost always also psychologically abusive. Men who reported at least one abusive act of any kind are more likely than men who reported none to be younger and unmarried but were no different in terms of education, income and employment. Attitudes towards abuse were not related to personal behaviour. In the second study men talked about causes of abuse in greater depth. The overall model of causality which emerged is that when social expectations about 'what it is to be a man' cannot be met, there is distress, a sense of powerlessness and a wish to regain power. Where a man cannot free himself from society's expectations, alter the frustrating circumstances, or communicate and deal with his stress, he is likely to be abusive towards his partner.
Keywords: attitudes, crime statistics, criminal behaviour, domestic violence, victimisation
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Responding to Maori family violence
RESEARCH
Done by: Hamilton Abuse Intervention Project (HAIP)
Funded by: Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development)
Method: Literature review, qualitative study, quantitative study
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Maori Family Violence
Author(s): [Not supplied]
Completed: YES, 1996
Availability: Currently being prepared for publication.
Description: To identify strategies for addressing family violence within Maori families. Research included interviews with abusers, service providers within New Zealand and overseas, and those with knowledge of Maori traditions and philosophies.
Keywords: domestic violence, Maori
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Rhetoric men use about violence
RESEARCH
Done by: Authors (The University of Auckland)
Funded by: Health Research Council of New Zealand
Method: Qualitative study
Status: IN PROGRESS, expected completion date January 1999
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Dominance and entitlement: the rhetoric men use to discuss their violence towards women
Author(s): Adams, Peter, Alison Towns and Nicola Gavey
Completed: YES
Availability: Discourse and Society, 1995; 6(3):387-406
Description: ABSTRACT. Academic interest in applications of rhetoric to social issues is undergoing a revival. This paper develops a rhetorical analysis of discourse generated by men who have been recently violent towards women. The texts have been drawn from transcribed interviews with 14 men who had recently begun or were about to attend stopping violence programmes. Each 90-minute interview prompted the men on their views towards women, violence and relationships. A range of rhetorical devices within the text were identified and their effect was analysed. This paper focuses on five devices: reference ambiguity, axiom markers, metaphor, synecdoche and metonymy. The strategic effects of each device are discussed with close reference to sample passages from the transcripts. The paper explores how these rhetorical devices resource discourses of male dominance and entitlement to power, and how these in turn resource men in their violence towards women. Increased sensitivity to the nuanced effects of the rhetoric is seen to improve understanding of how men justify, camouflage and maintain positions of dominance within relationships with women.
Keywords: ambiguity, attitudes, crime prevention, discourse analysis, domestic violence, dominance, education, feminism, gender issues, health, offenders, markers, qualitative, rehabilitation, sentencing, sentencing effectiveness, victims, violence, violent crime
Notes: This article emerged from an earlier research project, "Interpretive repertoires that support violence against women", by Peter Adams, Nicola Gavey and Alison Towns.
Title: Silencing talk of men's violence against women
Author(s): Towns, Alison, Peter Adams and Nicola Gavey
Completed: YES
Availability: Contact Alison Towns, Psychology Department, University of Auckland. E-mail a.towns@auckland.ac.nz. It will be a chapter in a book edited by Lynn Theismeyer for which production details are not yet finalised; probable publication date is end of 1996.
Description: ABSTRACT. Secondary prevention of male violence towards female partners requires early intervention to stop such violence. Research suggests that often friends and family may be aware of the violence. Nevertheless, reporting rates of those affected by violence are very low. Reasons for this are unknown. This paper discusses the discursive contexts which support silence about the violence. In this study, each of 18 men who had been violent towards their partners participated in a 90 minute interview with an interviewer who had had considerable experience in working with men who had been violent to their partners. The interviews were then transcribed and analysed using discourse analysis. The transcripts were read for the ways in which the men employed common-sense understandings which might silence talk about the violence. For example, discourses of privacy were identified as providing the discursive context within which silence about violence might occur.
Keywords: access to justice, attitudes, community corrections, crime prevention, discourse analysis, domestic violence, education, fear of crime, gender issues, health, offenders, qualitative, rehabilitation, sentencing, sentencing effectiveness, victims, violent crime, witnesses
Notes: This article emerged from an earlier research project "Interpretive repertoires that support violence against women" by Peter Adams, Nicola Gavey and Alison Towns.
FAMILY VIOLENCE
Risk assessment by MFNV
RESEARCH
Done by: Men For Non-Violence
Funded by: Men For Non-Violence
Method: Literature review, quantitative study
Status: IN PROGRESS, expected completion date February 1997
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Risk assessment of family violence
Author(s): McMaster, Ken
Completed: NO, planned completion date February 1997
Availability: -
Description: To survey MFNV member groups to see how they currently assess risk and dangerousness, and to develop a risk assessment tool.
Keywords: criminal behaviour, domestic violence, offenders, sentencing effectiveness
Notes: Masters thesis, Massey University.
FAMILY VIOLENCE
Social understandings which support violence
RESEARCH
Done by: Authors
Funded by: Health Research Council of New Zealand
Method: Qualitative study, prevention and early intervention research
Status: IN PROGRESS, expected completion date 1999
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Social understandings and family violence [No titles decided yet, working title]
Author(s): Towns Alison, Peter Adams and Helen Curreen
Completed: NO, planned completion date 1999
Availability: -
Description: As yet there are no titles for the publications/reports from this research, which is in its early stages. Nevertheless, 3 or 4 papers are planned
Keywords: attitudes, crime prevention, domestic violence, gender issues, police, sentencing effectiveness, victimisation, victims, witnesses
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Violence against women and children
RESEARCH
Done by: Authors
Funded by: Health Research Council
Method: Literature review, qualitative study, quantitative study
Status: IN PROGRESS, expected completion date 31 December 1996
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Social adjustment of children of battered women: a pilot project
Author(s): Pocock, Tania and Fiona Cram
Completed: YES
Availability: Submitted for publication; available from Dr Fiona Cram, Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92-019, Auckland.
Description: ABSTRACT. The present study compared 17 male and female Refuge children between the ages of five and eleven years with a Representative Population Subsample (RPS) of 127 male and female children aged between five and eleven years over three important and interrelated areas: children's behavioural functioning (Rutter Child Behavioural Scale A); children's perceived quality of social support (Social Support Appraisal Scale); and children's personal approach to interpersonal problem solving. The present study gathered 'normative' information from a RPS so that explorations could be made as to where, and to what extent, Refuge children differed from their peers. Differences were found between the two samples in all three areas. Refuge children were reported as exhibiting more behavioural difficulties than children in the RPS. This finding held for aggressive behaviour even when parents' mental and general health was taken into consideration. Refuge children perceived their family and friends as significantly less supportive than did RPS children. In addition, Refuge children were found to be significantly less resourceful in their approach to interpersonal problem solving. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Keywords: behaviours, children, domestic violence, problem solving, refuges, social support, victimisation, victims, witnesses, youth
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Title: Child witnesses to violence: the risks associated with exposure to violence and their implications for supervised access
Author(s): Pocock, Tania and Fiona Cram
Completed: YES
Availability: In press, Waikato Law Review
Description: Children of battered women are worried, frightened, confused and vulnerable: they are worried about the safety of their mothers, themselves, and their siblings; they are frightened, not just by what they have seen and heard, but by what is yet to come; they are confused about what is happening and all the conflicting emotions they have both around the abuse and the abuser; and they are vulnerable; vulnerable because if the lack of stability, security, and protection afforded by their environment, and vulnerable because of the lack of power they have over the onset or outcome of the violence. You do not need to have an intimate knowledge of abuse, or to have grown up in a violent home in order to have some understanding or sense of how traumatic and disruptive witnessing the abuse of your mother and living with the myriad forms of fallout, could be, for any child. Common sense alone tells us that the impact is likely to be profound.
Keywords: community safety, domestic violence, supervised access, victimisation, victims, witnesses
Notes:
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WAVES programme
RESEARCH
Done by: Authors
Funded by: Crime Prevention Unit and Waitakere Safer Community Council
Method: Qualitative study, established programme evaluation
Status: Completed
PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
Title: Waitakere Anti-Violence Essential Services (WAVES) evaluation
Author(s): Gray, M. (report), Anne-Marie Wilson-Salt=""(research)
Completed: YES, October 1995
Availability: Crime Prevention Unit Report, October 1995.
Contact Crime Prevention Unit,
P O Box 55, Wellington.
Description: Evaluation of WAVES processes, management structures, networking, service delivery effectiveness.
Keywords: access to justice, court advocacy, domestic violence, victims
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