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Belicic, Michael Joseph. "Alcohol and violence in Aboriginal communities : issues, programs and healing initiatives." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.
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Alcohol misuse is considered the most significant cause of violence in
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. All members of the Aboriginal
community feel the impact of heavy alcohol consumption and related violence.
Initiatives that attempt to reduce alcohol consumption as a strategy to decrease crisis
levels of violence have had limited success. This thesis examines the extent and
patterns of Aboriginal alcohol consumption and explores the relationship between
alcohol misuse and violence, using secondary statistical and exploratory literature. It
will be contended that: the link between alcohol misuse and violence is not a simple
cause and effect relationship; and Aboriginal family and community violence are
symptoms of underlying social and psychological trauma.
This thesis presents qualitative researched case studies of Aboriginal alcohol treatment organisations, and Aboriginal initiatives that address the issues underlying violence. It is argued that interventions focusing on alcohol alone will not reduce family violence and community dysfunction. A "grassroots," Aboriginal community based response is presented as an alternative to reactive and short-term interventions.
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Ledesma, Narváez Marianella. "Prevention guardianship in family violence processes." IUS ET VERITAS, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/122607.
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In this article, the author describes the importance of protection orders issued in domestic violence processes, in relation to Law 30364. In addition, she points out its difference with interim orders, that protection orders offer preventive protection to the victims of domestic violence. She concludes that protection orders must been interpreted according to certain principles and its validity must continue through a non-contentious process.En este artículo, la autora describe la importancia de las medidas de protección dictadas en los procesos de violencia familiar, a propósito de la Ley 30364. Asimismo, señala su diferencia con las medidas cautelares, siendo que las medidas de protección ofrecen tutela preventiva a las víctimas de violencia familiar. Concluye que las medidas de protección deben ser interpretadas de acuerdo a determinados principios, y su vigencia debe continuar a través de un proceso no contencioso.
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Polaha, Jodi. "Gun Violence Prevention in Pediatric Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6658.
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Polaha, Jodi. "Gun Violence Prevention in Pediatric Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6662.
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Hundt, Jami. "Tool support for the prevention of family violence system /." Connect to title online, 2007. http://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/34214.
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Torres, Karla Annette. "Program design of an educational seminar for pastors and church leaders a socio-structural model for domestic violence prevention /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p088-0174.
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Morrish, Margot. "The delivery of cross-cultural family violence prevention education." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ32196.pdf.
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Matzopoulos, Richard. "The body count : using routine mortality surveillance data to drive violence prevention." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12645.
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Includes bibliographical references.This thesis describes the conceptualisation, development and implementation of a mortuary-based system for the routine collection of information about homicide. It traces the evolution of the system from its conceptualisation in 1994, through various iterations as a city-level research tool, to a national sentinel system pilot, as a multicity all-injury surveillance system, and finally its institutionalisation as a provincial injury mortality surveillance system in the Western Cape. In so doing, it demonstrates that the data arising from medico-legal post-mortem investigations described in this thesis were an important source of descriptive epidemiological information on homicide. The 37,037 homicide records described in the thesis were drawn from Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria, for which the surveillance system maintained full coverage from 2001 to 2005. The aim was to apply more complex statistical analysis and modelling than had been applied previously.
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Walker, K. "Desistance from intimate partner violence." Thesis, Coventry University, 2013. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/477fe020-13ab-4984-a62c-9f8d91afbbcf/1.
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Limited research has examined desistance from intimate partner violence (IPV). In this thesis the aims are to explore the role that individual, social/environmental factors and subjective change (personal agency) play in the process of desistance from male perpetrated IPV, and to develop and examine a multifactorial theory of desistance from male perpetrated IPV. As research about desistance has tended to more prominent in the criminological literature and in relation to general offending and delinquency, the aim of the first part of this thesis was to undertake two critical reviews on desistance from violence and desistance from IPV. It was found that research in these areas has been neglected. It was concluded that a psychological approach to desistance is required whereby the findings are integrated into the models developed in the criminological literature, in order to develop a multifactorial theory of desistance. Specifically, it was found that pertinent to IPV, severity and frequency of violence was related to desistance and typology research indicated that personality characteristics might distinguish desisters from persisters. The nature of the dyad within which the IPV takes place was also found to be relevant specifically to the study of desistance from IPV and therefore, in need of further examination. In the empirical study, group comparisons on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory III subscales were conducted between a purposive sample of 37 desisters, 50 persisters and 49 controls. It was found that Cluster A and Cluster B disorders and disorders at a diagnostic level were more often reported in the groups that had used violence against an intimate compared to the control group. The rates and percentages of clinically meaningful traits and disorders were lower for the desisters than the persisters. Overall the desisters were more like the controls than the persisters across the personality traits and clinical syndromes measured. In the qualitative study, thematic analysis was conducted on data derived from interviews with 13 desisters, nine persisters, nine treatment facilitators and seven survivors. A conceptual model of desistance was developed that demonstrated desistance from IPV is a dynamic process that gradually unfolds over time. The model comprised three global themes: (i) The cycle of lifestyle behaviours (violent): ‘Old way of being’ (the experiences, behaviours and thinking of the men when they used violence); (ii) Catalysts for change (the triggers and transitions experienced that initiated change); and (iii) The cycle of lifestyle behaviours (non-violent); ‘New way of being’ (the experiences, behaviours and thinking of the men when they stopped using violence). The integrated findings illustrate that the path from persistence to desistance is neither linear, nor shared by all IPV offenders. A complex interaction between structure and agency characterised the process. Future research needs to adopt a longitudinal design to gain a clearer understanding of the temporal sequencing of events leading to desistance, and also to determine whether the characteristics that differentiated the groups studied change over time. In addition, it is proposed that individual assessment is required for each offender of IPV. Treatment could then be developed to meet individual needs, which may increase the effectiveness of rehabilitation for IPV perpetrators.
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Kridler, Jamie Branam. "The Role of Family and Consumer Sciences Professionals in Youth Violence Prevention Initiative." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5846.
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Kridler, Jamie Branam. "The Role of Family and Consumer Sciences Professional in Youth Violence Prevention Initiatives." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5872.
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Cuellar, Raven Elizabeth. "Strengthening Family Violence Coalitions Through Engaging Citizen Participants in Action Research." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1273065623.
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Bhandhumani, Budtri Ay, and Sandra Lea Book. "Evaluating intervention services for perpetrators and victims of domestic violence." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1596.
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This study was to evaluate current agency programs that were available to aid victims of domestic violence and their effectiveness in reducing the long-term emotional state of victims. This study included participants from various Domestic Violence Programs located throughout San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles counties.
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Evans, Susan P. "Promoting the 'good' relationship recognising moral dimensions in violence prevention education /." View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/39296.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Western Sydney, 2008.A thesis submitted to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, Social Justice & Social Change Research Centre, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographical references.
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Taylor, Rachel Ann. "Professional perceptions of domestic violence the relationship between causal explanations and views on prevention and intervention /." Connect to thesis, 2006. http://portal.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2007.0036.html.
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Lester-Smith, Donna Michele. "“Hope for change—change can happen” : healing the wounds family violence with Indigenous traditional wholistic practices." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43486.
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Today, a great deal of social services, health and education research funding is being channeled into studies on how to combat the myriad social issues—such as domestic violence, substance abuse, poverty, homelessness, suicide, homicide and incarceration— that have afflicted Aboriginal communities for eight generations. What has since been overlooked is that many of these research projects and the programs they give rise to, well meaning as they are, ultimately prove ineffective as they discount the cultural background of the people they seek to help. Intensive analysis focuses on a community program called Warriors Against Violence Society (WAVS), one of Vancouver’s few Aboriginal health organizations that runs based on Indigenous rather than Western methods of intervention for its Aboriginal members. This Indigenous Collaborative Research (ICR) framework investigates how culturally-based healing practices provide a more comprehensive and thus more effective method to assist members struggling with family violence. An Indigenous Knowledge-based intervention model for dealing with perceptions and experiences of family violence both inter-generational and contemporary emerges from transcribed conversations with 22 people, including co-founders, co-facilitators and members, amounting to approximately 600 pages of single-spaced text. Cultural practices involving storytelling, smudging, potlatches, honouring ceremonies, youth groups, Elder wisdom, natural environment and parent-to-child transference of culture signify aspects of tradition integral to Aboriginal health: all suppressed during the era of Canada’s enforced Residential School System, resulting in the disintegration of communities whose way of life was thrown off balance by colonization. When Western interventions fail to restore this balance it is worth investigating how a return to such Indigenous cultural and health practices can offer us better solutions to restore people suffering from family violence, drug addiction, poverty and homelessness, trouble with the law and traumatic memories. Key to the WAVS intervention model is that it acknowledges multiple aspects of well-being (spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual) and deals with all the factors within the history of a person, family, and/or community, which have had an impact on current health issues. Ultimately, ten emergent themes are revealed under the three categories of Total Person, Total Health and Total Environment.
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Moon, Jee-eun Jenny. "Intimate partner violence prevention for Korean American immigrants| A grant proposal." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1527734.
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The purpose of this project was to design a program, locate a potential funding source and write a grant to fund an intimate partner violence prevention program for the Korean American immigrant community in Los Angeles County. An extensive literature review was performed to investigate the prevalence and effects of intimate partner violence in the Korean immigrant community as well as identifying the need for culturally specific prevention interventions. A host agency was selected, Korean American Family Services, to propose a prevention workshop program in Los Angeles, California.
A search was conducted to locate an appropriate funder for the prevention workshops. The U.S. Department of Justice, Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program, was selected as a funding source for the grant program. Actual submission and/or funding of the grant was not required for the successful completion of this project.
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Londt, Marcel P. "Management of domestic violence: risk-based assessment and intervention guidelines with perpetrators of intimate violence." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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The main goal of this study was to develop assessment and intervention guidelines that will provide practitioners with a framework to develop and implement batterer intervention programmes. The development of batterer intervention programmes must be informed by risk-based assessment and the study has identified this as a priority. This priority was informed by the popular notions that batterer intervention by itself, is futile and that intervention efforts were misdirected and useless. The author was of the opinion that if specific risk markers were identified, the batterer intervention efforts could be a tool to influence the values, beliefs and dangerous behaviours of abusive men. This study attempted to formally identify those risk factors that should be considered with batterers so that appropriate guidelines for assessment and intervention could result.
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Wongchum, Rungrudee. "Family factors influencing violence in Thai adolescents and nursing strategies for prevention : a mixed methods study." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.658712.
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Adolescent violence has been an increasing concern in Thailand. There is evidence from the U.S.A and Europe that there are many contributing factors to adolescent violence. This study examined risk and protective factors associated with the family that influence violent behaviour in Thai adolescents and explored nursing strategies to prevent this. A mixed method study was undertaken using a survey with 400 adolescents, 12 semi-structured interviews with parents, and two focus groups with 5 teachers and 5 nurses in Northern Thailand. Inferential statistics (i.e. correlations, multiple regressions) were used on survey data to identify the association between family factors and violent behaviour and the prediction of adolescent violence. Qualitative thematic analysis was used to examine the data from adult interviews and focus groups identifying factors influencing violence and exploring nursing strategies to prevent adolescent violence. The results were that ineffective parental discipline, negative parental role models, inappropriate parental monitoring, and poor communication within the family were identified as risk factors. Moreover, violent peers, violence in the media, use of alcohol and drugs, positive beliefs about the use of violence, and lack of emotional control also contributed to adolescent violence. In contrast, factors preventing violence in adolescents were effective parental discipline, positive parental role models and monitoring, two-way communication and Buddhist beliefs. Also, pro-social peers, a supportive neighbourhood, and undertaking effective coping prevented adolescents ' from using violence. Nursing strategies which could prevent violence in adolescents included family assessment, health education, facilitating the development of healthy families, and coordinating community action. These need to be developed by providing nurses with specific skills training. The main results of the study demonstrate that factors, such as parental role models, and peer influences were similar to current evidence, however, factors such as Buddhist beliefs and "saving face" were unique to this study of Thai adolescents.
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Bernard, Julia M. "Gun Violence Prevention: The Role of the CFLE in the Movement to Save Families." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5804.
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Yeung, Sarah Anne, and Yvonne Leticia Quesada. "Intimate partner violence among Latina women: In their own words." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3116.
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The purpose of this study was to develop a deeper understanding of the experiences of Latina women in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) relationships. Young Women's Christian Association-Women In Need Growing Stronger (YWCA-WINGS) is a program in Los Angeles County that works with victims and survivors of IPV.
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Labe, Dana. "Ambivalence and paradox: the battered woman's interactions with the law and other helping resources." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003127.
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This thesis explores how the battered woman attachment to her abusive partner impacts on her interactions with the legal system and non-legal resources. This qualitative research project is based on in-depth interviews conducted with seven abused women who procured interdicts in terms of the Prevention of Family Violence Act 133 of 1993 to restrain their husbands from assaulting them. The research reviews the nature of abuse suffered by the participants, their psychological attachments to their husbands, and their patterns of help-seeking in relation to the law and non-legal resources. Two main theoretical frameworks, psychoanalysis and feminism inform this study. The study found that the participants retained unrealistic hopes that their husbands would reform and become loving, caring partners, and that they treated their husbands with care and sympathy despite their husbands’ often brutal behaviour towards them. The findings suggest that the women’s behaviour towards their husbands was the product of two reality distorting psychological defences, splitting and the moral defence which they used to preserve their attachments to their abusive partners. These defences intersected with rigid patriarchal prescriptions of femininity which dictate that women should be stoically caring towards their husbands, and should hold relationships together no matter what the cost to themselves. The participants interactions with the legal system and with non-legal sources of help were structured by their reliance on splitting and the moral defence, and by the dictates of patriarchal ideology. Whilst it is undoubtedly true that at one level the participants sought help to get protection from abuse, the study shows that their help-seeking was motivated by their conflicting desires to punish and reform their husbands. The participants sought help in ways which enabled them to strike a compromise between expressing their anger at their husbands, whilst simultaneously preserving their psychological attachments to them. The study concludes that the women’s interactions with the law and with other helping resource reflect their attempts to preserve their paradoxical attachments to their husbands, and to stabilise their own fragile sense of self and gender identity.
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Villar, Maria Elena. "Compliance Gaining Appeals and Sources of Influence in Cognitive Behavioral Violence Prevention Fatherhood Groups." Scholarly Repository, 2008. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/146.
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Cognitive behavioral violence prevention (CB-VP) parenting groups are commonly used for the primary and secondary prevention of violence. These groups use persuasive messages that target violence-related attitudes and cognitions, with the expectation that this will result in behavior change. Despite their frequent use as family violence prevention strategies, little is known about the actual messages being exchanged in CB-VP groups and how participants perceive and recall these messages. This study analyzes messages aimed at changing behaviors as recalled by Hispanic participants in federally funded Fatherhood groups in Miami, Florida. Applying concepts from violence prevention, behavior change messages were classified by topic, type of behavior targeted, compliance gaining strategies (Marwell & Schmitt, 1967), and sources of influence Wheeless, Baraclough & Stewart, 1983). The most common topics reported by participants included parenting role, discipline, communication content and spending time with children. Over a third of the appeals targeted behaviors that were not observable actions, but rather cognitive acts such as thinking, reflecting, and paying attention. Reward and punishment were the most frequently used compliance gaining strategies, followed by moral and expertise strategies. Most appeals were based on the expected outcomes of the proposed behaviors as the main source of influence. The results of this study provide a greater understanding of the motivations used to support behavior change messages in violence prevention parenting groups.
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Steinsland, Linda Renate. "The response of the South African Police Service in the prevention and management of domestic violence." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019982.
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The levels of crime and violence in South Africa seem to go hand in hand with the increase in the number of police practitioners. However, despite all the work going into it, “nothing seems to reduce the general trend” (Burger 2007:1). Domestic violence, for instance, is one of the major challenges practitioners are faced with on a daily basis at all levels in South Africa (Bendall 2010:100). Nonetheless, the country has yet to recognise this specific type of violence as a crime in their official crime statistics (SAPS 2010). Domestic violence has, in fact, struggled to become recognised as one of the most serious types of crime in today‟s society. This might be explained in terms of the developments that have occurred – both in international research and in the domestic realm – especially in terms of the ever-changing nuclear family. However, this could also be explained in the way such violence is treated by the South African Police Service. Nonetheless, it appears that a significant amount of research has been undertaken on the nature and impact of domestic violence, including the various responses and strategies to its management. However, it seems as though no-one can come up with a proper solution to this problem. In terms of violence in general, a number of different researchers in the field have suggested possible explanations to the problem. Burton, for instance, explained violence in terms of the neglect of basic human needs, the need for identity and the need for control. This author suggested that if these basic needs are frustrated, violence could be expected to occur, including violence within the family. Moreover, some violent behaviour could be described in terms of a loss of control of the situation and the management thereof. It is especially in these circumstances that conflict management techniques are to be highly recommended. Mediation – or facilitation – collectively referred to as restorative justice – is an example of such a technique. However, the question of whether or not to include mediation has been subject to much discussion amongst scholars in the field. As one of the main roles of the police is to prevent violence, and to protect the citizens from harm, it would be appropriate for the purpose of this study, to focus specifically on the SAPS and their response to cases of domestic violence. Their lived experiences are evaluated in terms of the existing legal framework, as well as in the light of other empirical research.
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Taylor, Rachel A. "Professional perceptions of domestic violence: The relationship between causal explanations and views on prevention and intervention." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2006. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/101.
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The 1970s saw a shift of focus by professions responding to domestic violence cases perpetrated by men towards women within Australia. Their focus was targeted at the factors that surround male perpetrators? violent behaviour. As a result, a number of alternative interventions were established based on a new understanding of domestic violence. Wider explanations have therefore led professional groups to form different angles of approach. Consequently researchers have found that perceptions towards domestic violence and the effectiveness of relevant interventions remain controversial across professions (Laing, 2002). Based on the literature supporting the importance of consistent professional perceptions and responses towards domestic violence, the current qualitative research aimed to measure the consistency of perceptions across five Perth professional groups: Police, community-based, women's refuge, justice and health professionals (N: 39). Participant responses (from survey and interview questions) about the causal explanations of domestic violence were measured in terms of their relationship with views on effective interventions.
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Zimmerman, Lindsey. "South African Youth and Parents: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Family Communication about Sex, HIV, and Violence." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/psych_diss/92.
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South Africa retains the highest HIV prevalence in the world, with the incidence of infection growing fastest among youth. The purpose of this investigation was to inform preventive family-based interventions designed to reduce youth HIV risks. In 2009, 38 black South African caregivers and youth (ages 10-14) participated in key informant interviews and focus groups, which were coded for themes related to family communication about sex. Findings highlighted a cultural taboo against communication that among some caregivers was shifting. Informed by this qualitative data, in 2010, 97 black South African caregivers and 97 youth (ages 10-14) completed measures designed for quantitative comparisons between the caregiver and youth generations. Results were that youth reported significantly more communication about sex topics than did their caregivers, and significantly lower perceptions of caregiver responsiveness to communication than their caregiver’s self-report. Importantly, although youth reported that they would prefer to ask their mother first a question about sex, currently few do so. Male youth and their caregivers were significantly less likely to report communication about sex topics than were female youth and their caregivers. Correlations indicated that youth-reported perceptions of their caregivers’ responsiveness are likely one of the best indicators of whether and how communication occurs, and that being a younger caregiver is associated with higher self-reported caregiver responsiveness. Regarding safety, nearly twice as many caregivers reported feeling that their neighborhood was “not safe” than did youth and the majority of caregivers reported talking to their youth about sexual violence.
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Ferris, Rosemary Jane. "A comparison study: Self-report of verbal abuse and dependent/insecure personality traits by particpants [sic] in court mandated domestic violence treatment." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1910.
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This project examined existing data that measured whether men who completed court-mandated group treatment for domestic violence have lower measures of non-physical violence and dependent/insecure personality traits than their still enrolled counterparts. The data review used two anonymous self-report instruments: The Non-Physical Abuse of Partner Scale (NPAPS) and The Dependency and Insecurity in Romantic Love Scale (DIRLS).
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Franze-Cox, Kimberly Ann. "A qualitative inquiry on the impact of family preservation programs." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2465.
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This project focuses on the impact of family preservation programs on family functioning through a qualitative follow up study of the Child Abuse Prevention Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT) program at Pacific Clinics in Yucca Valley, California. The results found that family functioning (particularly in areas of interpersonal skills and communication) had improved since completion of the program. Improvement was correlated with the service content of the program and with counselor characteristics. Due to limitations, including sample size (n=9), results cannot be generalized.
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Yuen, Kwun-ying Queenie, and 阮冠英. "The impact of father visitation on children exposed to domestic violence." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41494490.
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O'Connor, Kathleen Anne. "Process Evaluation of the Batterer Intervention and Prevention Program of the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence in El Paso, Texas." Thesis, The University of Texas at El Paso, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10842742.
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Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue. One in five women and one in seven men will experience severe physical violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime in the US; and one in three women globally (Breiding, Basile, Smith, Black, & Mahendra, 2015; World Health Organization, 2017). Notwithstanding such stark statistics, there is a gap in research on batterers and on batterer intervention and prevention programs (BIPP). Purpose: Program processes related to follow-up of clients were evaluated at the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence Batterer Intervention and Prevention Program (CASFV BIPP) through a mixed-methods process evaluation. The research incorporated community-based participatory research methods in that the project was co-developed with the community partner (CASFV) and addressed program interests and needs. Methods: The process evaluation consisted of examining inputs, activities and outputs related to evaluation questions. Data collection methods include survey research among 110 BIPP program clients, development of a program description and logic model, data gathered through qualitative interviews with program staff, and presentation of data on recidivism rates collected by the program. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Quantitative data analysis focused on descriptive statistics using the SPSS Data Analysis Package. Results: Nearly 60% of clients were between the ages of 25 and 38; 79% were male; 79.1% were Hispanic; and 94.5% felt the program had benefited them. A majority of clients (78.2%) agreed to be contacted by cellphone two years after completing the program as a follow-up measure. The research with clients and staff indicated that follow-up by cellphone two years after completion was the best protocol for following up with clients because the time frame allowed for completion of other obligations such as parole that may affect recidivism rates. In addition, client satisfaction with the program was the strongest predictor for receptivity to follow-up (p = .004). Conclusions: Current follow up protocols were examined to recommend a standardized protocol, and it was recommended that follow-up be conducted by cellphone two years after program completion. Based on data obtained from client and staff, it was further recommended that additional means of contact such as email and social media be explored in the near term.
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Dyckman, Frances Maria. "Domestic violence education and risk mitigation for prelicensure nursing students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2507.
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The purpose of this project is to develop a domestic violence consciousness raising-education program and a self-administered risk assessment for a population of community college nursing students. When the faculty became aware that attrition rates were rising and that a high number of requests to drop out of nursing school were disproportionately linked to recent incidences of domestic violence, a potential contributing cause of the high drop out rate was revealed.
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Jermalavičius, Artūras. "Smurto šeimoje kriminologinė charakteristika (tyrimas Alytaus mieste)." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20090210_094201-12905.
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Smurtas šeimoje – pasaulinė problema, su kuria daugiau ar mažiau susiduria tiek išsivysčiusios, tiek besivystančios, tiek turtingos, tiek skurdžios valstybės, skiriasi tik šio reiškinio latentiškumo mastai. Nuo fizinio, psichologinio, ekonominio, seksualinio smurto šeimoje dažniausiai nukenčia moterys ir vaikai. Pasitaiko smurto atvejų ir prieš vyrus, tačiau pastariesiems dauguma atvejų tenka smurtautojo vaidmuo.
Smurtinis elgesys šeimoje iš esmės yra analogiško elgesio visuomenėje pasekmė, tęsinys ir pradžia. Jį lemia visas kompleksas įvairaus lygmens (individo ir aplinkos) ir įvairaus pobūdžio (socialinio, ekonominio, kultūrinio, moralinio ir pan.) veiksnių bei priežasčių, tam tikra jų sistema. Darbe didžiausias dėmesys skiriamas vaikų ir moterų šeimoje patiriamam smurtui. Mėginama išgryninti priežasčių grupes, būdingesnes atskirai smurtui prieš moteris, prieš vaikus ir prieš vyrus, analizuojamos smurto šeimoje pasekmės. Prieinama išvados, jog be asmeninių nuostolių žalą patiria ir plačioji visuomenė.
Deja, Lietuvoje iki šiol vengiama pripažinti, jog smurtas šeimoje – ne privatus šeimos reikalas, o grubus žmogus teisių pažeidimas, kuris turi būti ginamas mobilizuojant įvairias valstybės institucijų bei nevyriausybinių organizacijų pajėgas. Todėl susidaro užburtas ratas: smurto šeimoje auka dėl įvairių priežasčių nesikreipia į teisėsaugos institucijas, nesant pareiškimo ikiteisminis tyrimas nepradedamas, smurtautojas lieka nenubaustas, tad be baimės savo valdžią ir jėgą... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Violence in a family is a global problem, witch is actual to various countries – rich or poor, developed or still developing. Usually women and children suffer from physical, psychological, economic or sexual violence, otherwise men can suffer as well, but usually men are abusing others. Violence in a family basically is analogous behavior in society consequence, continuation and beginning. This behavior is determined of complex of various level ( individual and environment) factors and reasons (social economic, cultural, moral) and it’s system. In this article the most attention is given to analyze violence against women and children in family. Author is trying to specify the reasons, witch are typical to violence against women, against children and against men. Author finds a conclusion, that without personal loss, our society is having losses as well. Unfortunately, Lithuania avoids to acknowledge, that violence in family is not a private life matter, but serious person rights violation, that should be stopped by mobilizing various government institutions and nongovernment organizations forces. It is like vicious circle: in a violence family victim do not applies to legal institutions because of various reasons; without application pretrial investigation do not starts, violator stays not punished and without fair demonstrates his power. After analyzing legal database and prevention implement can be stated, that in Lithuania comprehensive strategy, that is intended to... [to full text]
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McPherson, Bonnie Beatrice. "An analysis of coping strategies used by women residing in domestic violence shelters." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2143.
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Jarrett, Stephanie Therese. ""We have left it in their hands" : a critical assessment of principles underlying legal and policy responses to aboriginal domestic violence ; a location study /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phj373.pdf.
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Wallpe, Courtenay Silvergleid. "Engaging a Systems Approach to Evaluate Domestic Violence Intervention with Abusive Men: Reassessing the Role of Community." PDXScholar, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/439.
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The domestic violence movement has had remarkable success illuminating the scope, prevalence and consequences of battering, but has been more limited in its ability to successfully intervene and prevent abuse of women by their intimate male partners. Surprisingly, there has been little research directed at understanding why intervention strategies with perpetrators are only minimally effective. Studies have focused on assessing the degree to which and for whom individual components such as arrest, prosecution and psycho-educational programs for abusive men are successful, but few explorations have attempted to describe limitations and challenges to the domestic violence intervention 'system as a whole'. Employing a systems approach, a process-oriented evaluation of the domestic violence intervention system in Portland, Oregon was conducted. Ten focus groups were facilitated with key stakeholders in the coordinated community response. Participants included police and probation officers, victim advocates, victim/survivors, batterer intervention program providers, and batterer intervention program participants. The focus group discussions were analyzed using constructivist grounded theory and emergent themes were identified. Based on stakeholder testimony, it appears as though seven interacting features may limit the effectiveness of domestic violence intervention strategies with abusive men: 1) attempting to simultaneously punish and rehabilitate perpetrators, 2) dominance of a "one size fits all" approach, 3) insufficient accountability within the system for abusive men, 4) rampant victim blaming, 5) barriers to effective collaboration, 6) confusion created by complex domestic violence dynamics, and 7) reactivity instead of activism and prevention. These and other findings are discussed in light of their capacity to illuminate fundamental tensions associated with relying so heavily on the criminal justice system to intervene in domestic violence (e.g., the contradictions that surface when attempting to protect and empower victims, the difficulty of balancing consistency with an individually tailored response when sanctioning perpetrators). Despite these and other challenges, complete dismissal of the criminal justice system's role in holding abusive men accountable seems unwise. Instead, it will be important for movement activists, practitioners, and researchers to critically reflect upon its limitations and work to redress and refine its use, while simultaneously developing new strategies that engage a wider range of community resources.
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Gray, Mary Elisabeth. "The relationship of group support, majority status, and interpersonal dependency in predicting intimate partner violence." PDXScholar, 2009. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3914.
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One of the most common community responses to intimate partner violence is batterer intervention programs (BIPs), which are aimed at ending perpetrators' violent behavior. Unfortunately, however, the success rates of BIPs are questionable (Aldarondo, 2002; Gondolf, 2002) and we do not know what factors of the program facilitate decreases in abusive behavior when this does occur. Specifically, it is unknown whether and how individual characteristics interact with intervention group dynamics to facilitate change. To better understand this gap in the literature, this study investigated the relationship between social support, group majority-minority status, and interpersonal dependency in predicting intimate partner violence. The study utilizes data collected for a larger study sampling 180 men enrolled in a batterer intervention program in Portland, Oregon. It was hypothesized that partner violence is positively related to interpersonal dependency and negatively related to group social support. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that majority-minority group status moderates the relationship between group social support and intimate partner violence. As predicted, men who were more dependent on their partners also reported higher levels of psychological aggression perpetrated against their partners during the past 6-months. However, this relationship did not exist between interpersonal dependency and conflict tactics related to physical assault, injury, or sexual coercion. Further, perceived social support in the group did not predict partner violence as hypothesized. However, among men who had attended nine or fewer BIP sessions, both group social support and interpersonal dependency were positively associated with psychological aggression. Finally, among men who were involved in an intimate relationship at the time of data collection, interpersonal dependency was positively related to psychological aggression and physical assault.
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Maciel, Jucileide do Socorro Tavares. "Livro da vida: uma estratégia lúdica de intervenção em relação à violência na escola." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2014. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/15347.
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Previous issue date: 2014-05-15This study is construed as a research-action with the focus in the violence at school . The violence is a phenomenon that has been spread in all spaces and in all walks of life , with different forms and causes and it has been created uneasiness and embarrassment. I proposed some reflections about its sense in the ambit school like social subject and as opposed to violence beyond it draws some arguments about the role of the family and the role of the school in order to put in place some reflections with dialogues based on autonomous and freedom practices. We used the semi-structured interview and the Book of the life‟ as a instrument of the data collection . Eight children between 9 and 11 years old from a school of Belém (in the state of Para in Brazil) took part in this research. The results point the necessity of dialogue as a strategy to overcome the violence in schools as well as school agents and community joints actions . The formation of a democratic atmosphere smacks the implementation of a curriculum committed with the teachers‟ reality as well as the dominion of the content , of the instructional and of a dialogical vision of knowledge that is able , now a days , to combat the physic and symbolic violence established in the educative institutions . The proximity and\or the construction of affections bonds between students and teachers , the partnership between school and family and the participative planning give the opportunity to the argument of problems and it demands the engagement of all the social segments to be solved. The early identification of disagreement between students by themselves , between students and teachers , of continuous information of the consequences of the aggressive actions , transformation of school relationships in solidarity instant and respect of life are strategy that could put the mulligan broad social in of school and the restraint of violent actions
O presente estudo configura-se como uma pesquisa-ação, com o foco na violência escolar. A violência é um fenômeno que vem se alastrando por todos os espaços e camadas sociais, sob diferentes formas e causas, gerando inquietação e perplexidade. Como sujeito social, e em oposição à violência, propus reflexões sobre seu sentido no âmbito escolar, além de suscitar discussões sobre o papel da família e da escola, com o intuito de implementar reflexões dialógicas, baseadas em práticas autônomas e libertadoras. Para coleta de dados foram utilizados como instrumentos a entrevista semiestruturada e o Livro da Vida . Participaram da pesquisa 8 crianças entre 9 a 11 anos, de uma escola pública de Belém/PA. Os resultados apontam a necessidade do diálogo como estratégia para superação da violência escolar, bem como ações conjuntas dos agentes escolares e comunidade. A construção de um ambiente escolar democrático perpassa pela implementação de um currículo comprometido com a realidade dos educandos, bem como do domínio do conteúdo, da didática e de uma visão dialógica do conhecimento, capaz de combater a violência física e simbólica, hoje, instauradas na instituição educativa. A proximidade e/ou construção de vínculos afetivos entre alunos e professores, a parceria entre escola e família, o planejamento participativo, oportunizam a discussão dos problemas, requerendo o compromisso de todos os segmentos sociais em sua resolução. A identificação precoce dos conflitos entre alunos x alunos, alunos x professores, informações contínuas das consequências dos atos agressivos, transformar as relações escolares em momentos de solidariedade e de respeito à vida são estratégias que poderão contribuir para o resgate da função social da escola e a coibição de atos violentos
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Celaya-Alston, Rosemary Carmela. "Hombres en Accion (Men in Action): A Community Defined Domestic Violence Intervention with Mexican, Immigrant, Men." PDXScholar, 2010. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/52.
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Studies suggest that knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about domestic violence influence the behaviors of Mexican men. However, few interventions have targeted men in efforts to provide domestic violence awareness and health education to a relevant at-risk community that is also challenged by low literacy. Mexican immigrant men, particularly those less acculturated to the dominant U.S. culture, are significantly less likely to access services and more likely to remain isolated and removed from their communities and, more importantly, from their families. The purpose of this study was to explore and examine how cultural beliefs and behaviors influence the potential of domestic violence from the perspective of the Mexican origin, male immigrant. The research drew on existing community academic partnerships to collaboratively develop a pilot intervention that uses popular education techniques and a Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) framework. The specific aims were: 1) to use the principles and practices of CBPR to ensure that the issues addressed and results obtained are relevant to Latinos in Multnomah County, 2) to identify the beliefs, attitudes, and culture about domestic violence and male health for a population of men who are immigrants and of Mexican origin, 3) to develop and prioritize intervention strategies that are community defined, 4) to implement and evaluate a four week pilot project that utilizes community defined, literacy independent curriculum and popular education techniques to address male and family wellness and the prevention of domestic violence. Nine men participated in this study who reported inadequate or marginal functional literacy at approximately a 4.5 grade level. The findings also revealed a strong consensus among the participants' that there is confusion surrounding what constitutes domestic violence and/or what behaviors and social barriers place them at risk for health conditions. In summary, we found that the domestic violence in the Latino communities cannot be approached as a single issue; it needs to be embraced from a wellness perspective and the impact of domestic violence and health knowledge is navigated by experiences of one's past and present. Combining the tools of CBPR with the tools of popular education may allow researchers to address the Latino male's concerns with literacy while also examining other, less immediately visible, concerns. When you take the focus off such a delicate subject such as domestic violence and reframe the issue in terms of holistic health, you will then find a more cooperative and less defensive population to work with.
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Retief, Rita Theresa. "Police officers' experiences of policing domestic violence in the Western Cape Province." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85678.
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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Domestic violence is one of the most prevalent forms of violence that police officials encounter on a daily basis. The effects of domestic violence are far-reaching and long-lasting. Globally, the police function as “gatekeepers” in terms of domestic violence victims’ access to the criminal justice system. Intervening in domestic violence has become a controversial process, as domestic violence is a very complex issue, which has been compounded by misunderstandings, stereotyping and myths. Since 1998, police officials in the South African Police Service (SAPS) are expected to promote redress and prevent crimes against women and children through multifaceted approaches, including the building of trust between police officials and citizens. Research reports indicate that victims of domestic violence are hesitant to approach SAPS for assistance, for various reasons. Police officers’ personal experiences of policing domestic violence are however largely unexplored. Consequently, the goal of this research was to gain insight into the experiences and perceptions of frontline police officials, who have to provide maximum protection to victims of domestic abuse in terms of the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998. To achieve the goal and objectives of the study, a combination approach was followed, in which the qualitative research approach dominated and the quantitative approach was applied to a lesser degree. An exploratory study guided by a literature review and a phenomenological approach was conducted at seven (7) police stations in the Western Cape Province. Twenty-eight (28) frontline police officials’ subjective experiences and perceptions of their policing of domestic violence were determined through in-depth interviews based on a questionnaire. Data were analysed by means of thematic analysis, and presented as narratives focusing on four major themes relating to the phenomenon under investigation. The conclusions drawn from the study indicated that the pervasive police culture, lack of insight by some police officials, and their continuous adherence to an outdated concept of domestic violence contribute to the weakening implementation of current domestic violence legislation, leaving police officials frustrated, hopeless and powerless to effect real change. The overall finding of the study is that, in practice, little has changed because of inconsistencies in the actions of the police and society as a whole in rejecting and condemning the brutalisation and intimidation of women and children. What is most unfortunate, however, is that SAPS has yet to accord the same weight to domestic violence in practice as it does to other violent crimes. In order for law enforcement to be effective, law reforms need to be accompanied by fundamental changes in attitudes, values and behaviours on the part of SAPS and all relevant role players, including the communities SAPS serves. The study concludes with recommendations on how to improve police officials’ ability to provide maximum protection to victims of domestic violence, as well as to provide programme developers and policy makers in SAPS with information on which to base policy decisions regarding training interventions and national instructions aimed at the policing of domestic violence.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Huishoudelike geweld is een van die algemeenste vorme van geweld wat polisiebeamptes daagliks teëkom. Die gevolge van huishoudelike geweld is verreikend en langdurig. Wêreldwyd dien die polisie as “hekwagters” wat slagoffers van huishoudelike geweld se toegang tot die strafregstelsel betref. Ingryping in huishoudelike geweld is deesdae ’n omstrede proses, want huishoudelike geweld is ’n uiters komplekse saak wat deur misverstande, stereotipering en mites vererger word. Sedert 1998 word daar van polisiebeamptes in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) verwag om deur middel van meervlakkige benaderings, onder meer die opbou van vertroue tussen polisiebeamptes en burgers, herstel te bevorder en misdaad teen vroue en kinders te voorkom. Navorsingsverslae toon dat die slagoffers van huishoudelike geweld om verskeie redes huiwerig is om die SAPD om hulp te nader. Tog is navorsing oor polisiebeamptes se persoonlike ervarings van die polisiëring van huishoudelike geweld baie skaars. Hierdie navorsing was dus daarop toegespits om insig te bekom in die ervarings en opvattings van frontlinie-polisiebeamptes, wat ingevolge die Wet op Huishoudelike Geweld 116 van 1998 maksimum beskerming aan slagoffers van huishoudelike geweld moet bied. Om die doel en oogmerke van die studie te bereik, is ’n kombinasie benadering gevolg waarin die kwalitatiewe navorsingsbenadering hoofsaaklik, en die kwantitatiewe benadering in ’n mindere mate, toegepas is. ’n Ondersoekende studie is aan die hand van ’n literatuuroorsig en ’n fenomenologiese benadering by sewe (7) polisiestasies in die provinsie Wes-Kaap onderneem. Agten- twintig (28) frontlinie-polisiebeamptes se subjektiewe ervarings van, en opvattings oor, hul polisiëring van huishoudelike geweld is deur middel van diepte-onderhoude op grond van ’n vraelys bepaal. Data is met behulp van tematiese analise ontleed en word aangebied as narratiewe wat oor vier hooftemas met betrekking tot die studieonderwerp handel. Die gevolgtrekkings van die studie doen aan die hand dat die heersende polisiekultuur, sommige polisiebeamptes se gebrek aan insig, en hul voortgesette navolging van ’n verouderde konsep van huishoudelike geweld tot die al hoe swakker toepassing van huidige wetgewing oor huishoudelike geweld lei. Dít laat polisiebeamptes gefrustreerd, moedeloos en magteloos om werklike verandering teweeg te bring. Die algehele bevinding van die studie is dat weinig in die praktyk verander het weens teenstrydigheid in die optrede van die polisie en die samelewing in die geheel om geweld en intimidasie teenoor vroue en kinders te verwerp en te veroordeel. Straks méér betreurenswaardig is dat die SAPD nog nie in die praktyk dieselfde gewig aan huishoudelike geweld as aan ander geweldsmisdade heg nie. Wetstoepassing sal slegs doeltreffend wees indien regshervorming gepaardgaan met grondliggende veranderinge in houdings, waardes en gedrag deur die SAPD en alle tersaaklike rolspelers, met inbegrip van die gemeenskappe wat deur die SAPD bedien word. Die studie sluit af met aanbevelings oor hoe polisiebeamptes beter in staat gestel kan word om maksimum beskerming aan die slagoffers van huishoudelike geweld te bied, en oor die bemagtiging van programontwikkelaars en beleidskrywers in die SAPD met inligting as grondslag vir beleidsbesluite oor opleidingsintervensies en nasionale instruksies rakende die polisiëring van huishoudelike geweld.
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Titchener, Sharyn. "Entering unknown territory : exploring the impact on indigenous field researchers when conducting gender based violence and child abuse research in the Solomon Islands : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Philosophy in Social Work, Massey University, New Zealand." Massey University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1318.
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This study explores the reflective experiences of indigenous field researchers who were involved in conducting the first population representative research study on gender-based violence and child abuse in the Solomon Islands. The purpose of this thesis study was to gain an understanding and insight into the field researchers’ perceptions of the positive and negative impacts such involvement may have had on their lives. The term ‘impact’ was applied holistically and focus was given to whether negative impacts were mitigated by the positive benefits that may be present from being involved in such research. The research study design was exploratory and qualitative in nature, underpinned by a phenomenological approach. The participants were 29 Solomon Island women who had been employed in the role of ‘field researcher’ for the Solomon Island Family Health and Safety Study. Data collection methods included the use of both in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Eleven interviews were conducted using a semi-structured approach. Three focus group discussions were facilitated, with the assistance of an open-ended questionnaire guideline. The findings identified a number of themes that emerged from the data collected. The themes highlighted primary impacts that included an emotional, physical and life-changing dimension. There was a pattern where different themes were more prevalent, dependent on what phase of the ‘research journey’ that the researchers’ were reflecting on. A significant finding was that although field researchers’ primarily reported negative impacts, they all unanimously stated that they would be interested in being involved in conducting research on violence against women and children in the future. These findings not only suggest that the positive benefits from being involved in such research mitigated the many negative impacts as reported by the field researchers, but also suggest that through being involved with such research, they developed an increased commitment within their own communities to assist in reducing violence against women and children. Conducting research on violence against women and children in a developing post-conflict country brings with it many physical and emotional challenges for indigenous field researchers. It is essential that field researchers are provided with considerable support during all phases of the research study. The application of ethical and safety standards needs to reflect the unique characteristics of the country where the study is being conducted, taking into account the situational and ambient dangers that field researchers may be confronted with during their time in the field.
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Roberts, Kelly Eileen Cahill. "An Evaluation of the Expect Respect: Preventing Teen Dating Violence High School Program." Ohio : Ohio University, 2009. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1242323117.
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Самченко, М. Ю., and M. Yu Samchenko. "Кримінологічна характеристика та попередження сімейного насильства щодо неповнолітніх: дисертація." Thesis, ЛьвДУВС, 2011. http://dspace.lvduvs.edu.ua/handle/1234567890/789.
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Самченко М.Ю. Кримінологічна характеристика та попередження сімейного насильства щодо неповнолітніх: дисертація на здобуття наукового ступеня кандидата юридичних наук за спеціальністю 12.00.08 – кримінальне право; кримінологія; кримінально-виконавче право / Самченко Марта Юріївна. – Львів: Львівський державний університет внутрішніх справ, 2011. - 216 с.Дисертація є дослідженням, в якому на монографічному рівні розглядаються проблеми детермінації сімейного насильства щодо неповнолітніх, також визначаються основні напрями попередження даного явища. Аналізуючи праці вітчизняних та зарубіжних кримінологів, у роботі здійснено детальний аналіз кримінального сімейного насильства щодо неповнолітніх, проаналізовано сучасний кримінологічний стан злочинності в Україні, пов’язаної із насильством щодо неповнолітніх у сімейній сфері. Роботу присвячено теоретичним, практичним і прикладним проблемам наукового вивчення, законодавчого регулювання, правозастосування правоохоронними та судовими органами кримінального законодавства у сфері попередження сімейного насильства щодо неповнолітніх.The thesis is an investigation in which the problems of determination of the domestic violence concerning minors are examined on the monographic level. The main ways of prevention of this phenomenon are also determined. Having analyzed the works of the domestic and foreign criminologists, the detailed analyses of the violent crimes concerning minors in the family relations was made. Also, the modern criminological situation of the violent crimes concerning minors in the family relations in Ukraine was analyzed. The work is devoted to the theoretical, practical and applied problems of the scientific research, legislative regulation, application of the law enforcement bodies and judicial authorities of the criminological legislation as for the prevention of the domestic violence concerning minors.
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Bjornberg, Karin. "Rethinking human security : taking into consideration gender based violence." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71706.
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Includes bibliographyENGLISH ABSTRACT: The human security concept challenges the traditional view of state security. The very essence of human security means to respect human rights. The Commission on Human Security did not focus on women as a special area of concern in the 1994 Human Development Report. The report does not recognise that being subject to gender hierarchies increases women’s insecurity and that women experience human security differently from men and shows that the human security concept does not include gender based violence (GBV) because there is no specific attention paid to issues that predominantly pertain to women. This study is conducted from a feminist perspective. It is reflexive research and based on standpoint theory. The data is gathered through analysis of secondary data and primary data, collected through interviews. GBV in South Africa tends to be continuous and the perpetrator is most likely to be a spouse or partner. Studies show that women are seen as being dependent on and weaker than men. Many men view women’s rights legislation as a challenge to the legitimacy of men’s authority over women. Women who try to be more independent in their relationships are regarded as threats and violence against them becomes a way for men to show control. The criminal justice system in South Africa has made progress in protecting women from GBV but myths, stereotypes and social conventions still prevent women from receiving justice. Traditionally, the state regards what happens in the private sphere as outside its responsibility. The public/private dichotomy challenges state regulations and norms which is evident in the case of domestic violence. It is often argued that GBV has remained imperceptible because it takes place in the private sphere. However, this research indicates that due to the socio-economic situation in South Africa, the abuse is often publicly known by those in the immediate environment as people live in informal housing. This research shows that a human security framework that targets GBV has to be developed for those who bear its consequences. When women are not viewed as subjects, issues that mainly affect them remain invisible. It is necessary that analysis of human insecurity starts from the conditions of women’s lives. Many women in South Africa live highly traumatic lives. Fighting GBV requires that we know the victims of GBV and let them decide what they need to feel secure. Creating human security requires that other threats which contribute to GBV, such as poverty, gender stereotypes and prejudice are also addressed. GBV has become an epidemic in South Africa and is a permanent constraint in women’s lives and impacts society as a whole. The security of the state rest on the security of women and as long as the state fails to treat GBV as a serious crime and protect women the state is more likely to use violence on a larger scale against its citizens.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Menslike Veiligheidskonsept daag die tradisionele siening van staatsveiligheid uit: die kerbetekenis van Menslike Veiligheid is om menseregte te respekteer. Die Kommissie op Menslike Veiligheid het nie op vroue as ‘n spesiale area van kommer gefokus in die Menslike Ontwikkelingsverslag van 1994 nie. Die verslag het daarin gefaal om te erken dat die realiteit van geslags-hiërargieë vroue se insekuriteit verhoog, en dat die ervaring van menslike sekuriteit van mans en vroue verskil. Hierdie navorsing sal toon dat die menslike veiligheidsbegrip nie in staat is om geslags-gebaseerde geweld (GGG) in ag te neem nie, aangesien daar geen spesifieke aandag verleen is aan vraagstukke wat hoofsaaklik op vroue betrekking het nie. Hierdie studie is vanuit 'n feministiese perspektief gedoen. Die navorsing is reflektief en op standpunt-teorie gebaseer. Die data is deur die analise van sekondêre data, asook die gebruik van primêre data i deur middel van onderhoude ingesamel . GGG in Suid-Afrika is geneig om oor ‘n uitgerekte tydperk plaas te vind en die mees waarskynlike oortreders is ‘n eggenoot of lewensmaat. Navorsing toon dat gemeenskappe geneig is om vroue as swakker en afhanlik van mans te sien. Wetgewing op die regte van vroue word deur vele mans as ‘n uidaging van hul legitieme superioriteit, ten op sigte van vroue, gesien. Vroue wat dus onafhanklikheid in hul verhoudings probeer uitoefen, word as bedreigings gesien en geweld word gebruik om hulle “in hul plek te hou”. Die Suid-Afrikaanse kriminele regstelsel het al vordering gemaak in terme van die beskerming van vroue teen GGG, maar mites, stereotipes en sosiale konvensies belemmer steeds die volle gang van die gereg. Die staat het in die verlede die private sfeer as buite sy jurisdiksie gesien. Die openbare/private sfeer digotomie bied uitdagings vir staatsregulering en vir die implementering van regulasies , en dit word veral duidelik in die geval van huishoudelike geweld. Daar word aangevoer dat aangesien GGG in die private sfeer plaasvind, dit onsigbaar bly. Hierdie navorsing het egter bevind dat GGG in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks dikwels in die openbare gemeenskapsfeer (deur diegene in die onmiddelike omgewing) opgemerk word, omdat baie mense in Suid-Afrika informele nedersettings woon.Hierdie navorsing het verder bevind dat ‘n GGG raamwerk vir menslike veiligheid ontwikkel moet word wat diegene wat die gevolge van GGG dra insluit. Indien vroue nie spesifiek as navorsingssubjekte geag word nie, bly faktore wat hulle spesifiek beïnvloed onsigbaar. Dit is belangrik dat analise van menslike insekuriteit begin om die omstandighede van vrouens se lewens in ag te neem. Vroue in Suid-Afrika leef in hoogs traumatiese omstandighede. In die bestryding van GGG is dit belangrik dat die slagoffers van GGG in ag geneem word en dat dit hulle toelaat om dit duidelik te maak wat hulle onveilig laat voel. Die skep van menslike veiligheid vereis dat bedreigings wat bydra tot GGG, naamlik armoede, geslagstereotipes en vooroordeel , ook aangespreek word. GGG in Suid-Afrika het ‘n epidemie geword, en plaas ‘n permanente beperking op vroue se lewens. Dit het ook ‘n blywende impak op die samelewing as ‘n geheel. Die veiligheid van die staat rus op die veiligheid van vroue. Solank as wat die staat versuim om GGG te bekamp en as ‘n ernstigge misdaad te erken, en vroue nie die beskerming van die staat geniet nie, is daar ‘n hoër moontlikheid vir die gebruik van geweld deur die staat teen sy eie burgers op ‘n groter skaal.
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Boal, Ashley Lynn. "Batterer Intervention Programs' Response to State Standards." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1504.
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The study of policy implementation has recently garnered research and federal attention highlighting the importance of implementation in achieving desired policy and program outcomes (Durlak & DuPre, 2008; Meyers, Durlak & Wandersman, 2012; National Institutes of Health, 2013). Psychology is one discipline that is well poised to guide the study of policy implementation as it can inform the creation, development, and outcomes associated with the introduction of a policy (Esses & Dovidio, 2011; Fischhoff, 1990). Given that batterer intervention programs (BIPs) have been developed to prevent future intimate partner violence (IPV) and improve victim safety, ensuring these programs have successfully implemented state standards for practice is immensely important. Despite the widespread use of state standards to guide BIP practices (Maiuro & Eberle, 2008), only one study (Boal, 2010) has assessed the extent to which BIPs comply with standards and no research has evaluated program responses to standards or the process by which implementation occurs. Given this, the current study focused on four areas of inquiry: (1) program compliance with state standards; (2) current and former BIP representatives' response to standards, including the social psychological constructs of actual control, perceived control, retrospective accounts of attitude change, absoluteness, and legitimacy; (3) program compliance as it relates to these responses; and (4) the process of implementing standards. In order to address these topics, key program representatives were assessed using a sequential mixed-methods design, which consisted of a preliminary quantitative phase (i.e., Phase One) (n = 35, response rate = 74%) and principal qualitative phase (i.e., Phase Two) (current providers: n = 13, response rate = 87%; former providers: n = 5, response rate = 100%) (Morgan, 1998). Findings from Phase One indicate that programs complied with 75% of the assessed components of standards. Phase Two findings suggest that participants primarily voiced experiences with the standards consistent with a lack of actual control, perceived control, and legitimacy. Contrary to hypotheses a statistically reliable difference in actual control, perceived control, and legitimacy were not detected across high and low compliance participants. Participants retrospectively described responses to the standards consistent with changing and maintaining negative attitudes towards the standards (31% and 31% respectively) and as hypothesized, those who shifted negative initial attitudes to be positive (i.e., a proxy for rationalization) were primarily from high compliance programs (75%) and those who maintained negative attitudes (i.e., a proxy for reactance) were all from low compliance programs (100%). While participants generally perceived the standards as primarily absolute, this construct did not differentiate those who changed and maintained negative attitudes as predicted. Participants' utilized diverse strategies to implement the standards and have changed or attempted to change many program characteristics to better comply with state standards. Participants have experienced diverse enablers to compliance (e.g., positive community collaborations; participation in the research process) and barriers to compliance (e.g., negative or lack of community collaborations; challenges understanding the standards) while attempting to implement standards. Suggestions to better facilitate compliance aligned with the enablers and barriers and centered on the need for positive information-sharing relationships among providers. Finally, former providers tended to disagree that the standards were the primary reason for program closure. Together, these findings provide valuable insight into the manifestation of common social psychological constructs during the policy implementation process, as well as information regarding the logistics of implementation. The information gathered in this study can be applied to better understand the role of actual control, perceived control, retrospective accounts of attitude change, absoluteness, and legitimacy, as they are experienced in the real world in relation to an actual policy. This extends the study of these constructs out of a laboratory and experimental context and suggests aspects of these constructs that may be relevant in applied settings. Further, data regarding the policy implementation process is useful to inform policymakers about the diverse steps that can be taken to assist implementation efforts and increase compliance.
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Hultin, Carolina. "Kärnfamilj, skenäktenskap och kulturellt våld : Regeringens syn på kvinnor och män som anhöriginvandrare till Sverige vid millennieskiftet 2000." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-46191.
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Sweden has been a country of immigration since the Second World War. The asylum immigration is regulated by international law, the immigration of employees’ works through guidelines from the European Union. The immigration left for regulations from the government is the family immigration, which xenophobic parties want to increase. The immigration reaches a high level in the 1990’s. As the social democratic government is trying to keep the immigration controlled media is criticizing the regulations of immigration. Since the 1970´s probation of 2 years is needed for relation immigrants in order to minimize abuse. This rule might force women to stay in violent relationships due to fear of being sent back home, if they make a report to the police. The government faces the problem with the proposition 1999/2000:43, which is analyzed in this thesis with the goal to reveal the underlying values regarding the view of women, men and violence. Focusing on gender Carol Lee Bacchi’s discourse analythical method “What’s the ‘problem’ represented to be?” is used.
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Grilo, Maria Helena Pinto da Costa. "Criança vítima de maus tratos, que protecção?: um longo caminho até ao reconhecimento do direito aos direitos." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1032.
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Brophy, Fiona C. "The perceptions and experience of male farm workers of the effects of a transpersonal social work intervention in addressing domestic violence." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2332.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an attempt to gain a deeper understanding, from the perspective and experience of male farm workers, of the effects of a transpersonal social work counselling intervention, on a wine farm in the Western Cape, in promoting more socially functional behaviour and reducing violent behaviour, particularly towards their intimate partners. Domestic violence was found by Parenzee and Smythe (2003:47) of the Institute of Criminality to be “pervasive within farming communities” and that responses are less than adequate, no preventative services were being offered and the only structured interventions that were in place, were aimed at improving the livelihoods of women. There is a growing awareness that addressing the high and increasing levels of violence against women in South Africa needs to incorporate working directly with men as recommended, after local studies, by Sonke Gender Justice Network (2009), Boonzaier (2005), Londt (2004) and Abrahams, Jewkes and Laubsher (1999). A recent study concerning the legacy of dependency and powerlessness experienced by farm workers on wine farms in the Western Cape by Falletisch (2008:v) found there to be a need for “further research into accessible, appropriate and sustainable intervention strategies on farms that empower labourers and break the cycles of habitual excessive drinking, social violence and hopelessness on farms.” Transpersonal intervention enables human beings to attain a sense of Self and the consequent accessing of their own inner power, and with that the dissipation of the compulsion to hurt, control or abuse others and themselves says Hollis (1994) and France (2008). Circumstances that are oppressive, disempowering and poverty inducing, as experienced by a large majority of farm labour in South Africa, may be inhibiting to, but should not preclude, self realisation. The researcher, a social work practitioner in private practice on a wine farm in the Western Cape, applied this approach in a counselling intervention with male farm workers, to enable them to, not only reach their own self-defined goals, but also to reduce abusive behaviour such as alcohol abuse and domestic violence. The effects of the intervention from the perspectives of the men as well as their female partners, was explored in order to determine the effectiveness of the intervention, particularly, in reducing intimate partner violence. The goal of the study was thus to gain a deeper understanding, from the perspective and experience of male farm workers, of the effects of a transpersonal social work intervention in promoting more socially functional behaviour and reducing violent behaviour, particularly towards their intimate partners. There is a dearth of services, particularly addressing male workers on farms says Shabodien (2005) and it is hoped that this study may evaluate the effectiveness and potential for further application in practice amongst farm worker communities in South Africa.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie poog om, vanuit die perspektief van manlike plaaswerkers op ‘n Wes-Kaapse wynplaas, ‘n duideliker begrip te verkry van die invloed van ‘n maatskaplike beradingsintervensie, ter bevordering van groter funksionele sosiale gedrag en die vermindering van geweldadige gedrag, veral teenoor hul intieme lewensmaats. Parenzee en Smythe (2003:47) van die Instituut van Kriminaliteit het bevind dat plaasgemeenskappe deurtrek is van huishoudelike geweld en dat proaktiewe inisiatiewe onvoldoende was. Geen voorkomende dienste anders as gestruktureerde intervensies gemik op die verbetering van die bestaansreg van vroue is in plek. Daar is ‘n toenemende bewustheid om mans te betrek ten einde die tendens van groeiende geweldsvlakke teen vroue in Suid-Afrika aan te spreek, soos trouens ook bevind is deur plaaslike navorsing deur Sonke Gender Justice Network (2009), Boonzaier (2005), Londt (2004) en Abrahams, Jewkes en Laubsher (1999). ‘n Onlangse studie aangaande die nalatenskap van afhanklikheid en magteloosheid ondervind deur plaaswerkers op wynplase in die Wes-Kaap deur Falletisch (2008:v) het bevind dat daar ‘n behoefte is vir “verdere navorsing na toeganklike, toepaslike en volhoubare intervensiestrategieë op plase wat arbeiders bemagtig om die kringloop van gebruiklike oormatige drinkery, maatskaplike geweld en moedeloosheid op plase te breek”. Interpersoonlike intervensies stel die mens in staat om ‘n beeld van die eie self te verkry en die gevolglike bewuswording van hul eie innerlike krag, en met dit die afname van die drang om ander en hulself seer te maak, te oorheers en te mishandel volgens Hollis (1994) en France (2008). Omstandighede wat onderdruk, ontmagtig en armoede tot gevolg het, soos ondervind deur die groter meerderheid van plaasarbeid in Suid-Afrika, mag selfverwesenliking inhibeer, maar nie uitsluit. Die navorser, ‘n maatskaplike praktisyn in private praktyk op ‘n wynplaas in die Wes-Kaap, het hierdie benadering toegepas in ‘n beradingsintervensie met manlike plaaswerkers, om hulle in staat te stel om nie alleen hul eie doelwitte te bereik nie, maar ook onaanvaarbare gedrag soos alkoholmisbruik en huishoudelike geweld te verminder. Die effek van die intervensie, vanuit die perspektief van die mans sowel as dié van hul vroulike lewensmaats, is nagevors ten einde die effektiwiteit van die intervensie te bepaal - veral die vermindering van geweld teenoor die lewensmaats. Die doel van die studie was dus om ‘n dieper begrip te verkry, vanuit die perspektief en ondervinding van manlike plaaswerkers, van die positiewe uitwerking van ‘n interpersoonlike maatskaplike intervensie gemik op die bevordering van meer sosiaal funksionele gedrag en die vermindering van geweldadige gedrag, veral teenoor hul intieme lewensmaats. Daar is ‘n gebrek aan dienste, veral wat manlike werkers op plase aanspreek volgens Shabodien (2005), en word gehoop dat hierdie studie die effektiewiteit en potensiaal vir verdere toepassing in die praktyk onder plaasgemeenskappe in Suid-Afrika mag evalueer.
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Morais, Elsa Maria dos Reis. "Maus tratos físicos de crianças." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/708.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Psicologia LegalNesta dissertação pretende-se reflectir sobre o comportamento de crianças vítimas de maus tratos físicos, acompanhadas pela Comissão de Protecção de Menores de Peniche. O facto de as crianças serem sujeitas a constantes agressões físicas poderá ter efeito no seu comportamento podendo este ser revelador de comportamento de oposição, hiperactividade, agressividade, depressão, problemas sociais, queixas somáticas, isolamento, ansiedade e comportamentos obsessivos. A amostra é constituída por 20 crianças de ambos os sexos com idades compreendidas entre os 6 e os 14 anos, sendo que 10 destas crianças foram fisicamente maltratadas, tendo sido sujeitas a frequentes agressões físicas; fracturas, contusões, esquimoses, hematomas, etc... infligidas pelos pais ou prestadores de cuidados, tendo sido identificadas pela Comissão de Protecção de Menores de Peniche. As restantes 10 crianças não foram sujeitas a qualquer tipo de mau trato físico nem têm qualquer processo na Comissão de Protecção de Menores. Os pais ou substitutos parentais responderam ao Inventário de Comportamentos da Criança para Pais (l.C.C.P.) de Achenbach, (1991). Este inventário pretende avaliar numa primeira parte as competências sociais e numa segunda parte os problemas de comportamento das crianças. Relativamente à primeira parte fornece informação sobre a quantidade e a qualidade do envolvimento de cada criança em actividades da vida quotidiana, situações de interacção social, escolaridade, preocupações e qualidades do filho. A segunda parte do inventário fornece informações relativas à natureza e intensidade dos problemas de comportamento, na qual Fonseca et al, (1994), considerou oito escadas: Comportamento de Oposição, Comportamento Agressivo, Comportamento de Hiperactividade, Comportamento Depressivo, Problemas sociais, Queixas Somáticas, Comportamento de Isolamento, Ansiedade e Comportamento Obsessivo. Para o tratamento dos dados recolhidos efectuou-se uma avaliação quantitativa e qualitativa (análise de conteúdo) na primeira parte do Inventário e na segunda recorreu-se à estatística não paramétrica, sendo a mais indicada para este tipo de estudo o Teste de Mann Whitney, por forma a detectar ou não diferenças significativas entre as duas amostras correspondentes. Na análise dos resultados verificámos que relativamente à primeira parte - Actividades Quotidianas os pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos apresentam menor diversidade nas respostas quer ao nível dos desportos que os filhos gostam de praticar, quer aos nível dos passatempos. Quanto à participação em Organizações/Clubes/Equipas os pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos referem na sua maioria que os filhos não efectuam qualquer participação. Ambos os grupos referem a participação dos filhos em actividades domésticas. Os pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos consideram o desempenho dos filhos relativamente às actividades domésticas dentro da média em algumas actividades (15) e abaixo da média noutras (8). A nível da Interacção Social o número de amigos que os filhos têm é considerado de igual modo em ambos os grupos da amostra (2 ou 3), bem como o número de vezes que se encontram fora do horário escolar (2 ou 3 vezes). Quanto ao relacionamento, os pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos consideram na sua maioria, que estas se dão melhor com os irmãos, com os pais e a brincar e trabalhar sozinho, enquanto que os pais das crianças não vítimas de maus tratos consideram as mesmas categorias mas mencionam que o relacionamento é mais ou menos a mesma coisa. Relativamente às outras crianças, os pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos consideram na sua maioria, que estas se dão mais ou menos a mesma coisa e o grupo das crianças não vítimas de maus tratos considera em maior número que estas se dão melhor. A nível da escolaridade ambos os grupos consideram na sua maioria que se encontram dentro da média a nível da feitura e da escrita. Na matemática, o grupo das crianças vítimas de maus tratos encontra-se na sua maioria dentro da média enquanto que o grupo das crianças não vítimas de maus tratos situa-se acima da média comparativamente às crianças da sua idade. Quanto à repetição de ano, 7 crianças do grupo vítimas de maus tratos já tiveram pelo menos uma repetência, enquanto que no grupo de crianças não vítimas de maus tratos os pais referem que esta nunca repetiram de ano. É de assinalar que 3 dos pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos consideram que os filhos têm problemas de aproveitamento escolar. Nas principais preocupações com o filho, o grupo de pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos refere preocupações a nível da categoria que designamos por família (ter o pai ausente, responder e desobedecer aos pais,...) e da categoria que designamos por sociedade (actos de abuso, drogas...). Relativamente a características que se relacionam directamente com o filho estas são mencionadas em ambos os grupos da amostra embora em diferentes perspectivas. No grupo crianças vítimas de maus tratos algumas das preocupações mencionadas sobre o filho são: teimoso, calão, irresponsável, desmazelado, fazer estragos com os colegas, ...; no grupo de crianças não vítimas de maus tratos, as preocupações traduzem-se de outro modo: seja muito feliz, não confiar nas suas capacidades, falta de iniciativa, indecisão, insegurança, não dar valor àquilo que tem, substimar-se...). A nível das qualidades do filho os pais das crianças não vítimas de maus tratos nomearam maior número de qualidades do seu filho (carinhoso, meigo, calmo, simpático, afável, bem educado, atencioso, dar opinião, responsável, cumpridor dos seus deveres, com humor, tolerante, preocupação com os outros, preocupação com os animais...) comparativamente aos pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos (carinhoso, meigo, amigo, bom, sensível, dar beijos, ser muito dado, saber quando é que faz mal e quando faz bem, pedir desculpas, ser esperto, muito franco...), um dos pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos considera que o seu filho não tem qualidades. A nível da categoria que designamos por "família" os pais das crianças vítimas de maus tratos referem um maior número de situações (gostar da companhia da mãe, andar sempre com a mãe, ajudar em casa e a tratar dos irmãos, ensinar os irmãos a ler e a escrever) do que os pais das crianças não vítimas de maus tratos (interessados nas tarefas familiares, participativo nas tarefas e dar ajuda).
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(9829514), Lyndon Reilly. "Through the eyes of Blackfellas." Thesis, 2008. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Through_the_eyes_of_Blackfellas/20346783.
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"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be" (Covey, 1998, p 62)
The study 'Through the Eyes of Blackfellas' identified, examined and documented Queensland Aboriginal and Tones Strait Islander men's groups and their respective attempts to improve individual, family and community well-being. The study had a particular focus on how men's groups worked towards reducing family violence. The study explored proactive activities by groups to restore resilience and to reduce family violence. Men's groups activities that were not directly focused on reducing family violence, such as health and education, also arose as significant in the course of the study. I took the view that all group activities have interrelated benefits, and therefore they have the potential to reduce violence in communities through the benefits of group participation for individual men, and by strengthening, empowering and building skills in communities as a result of community based initiatives. The research found that men's groups target one or two social problems to focus on depending on the particular social and economic context, history and existing identified areas for change. Nevertheless, the general prevalence of family violence in communities ensured that it consistently emerged as an issue in most activities or considerations of men involved in groups. It must be made clear that although all men must take responsibility for their violence against women, this thesis is not intended to, and will not, identify or demonise Aboriginal and Tones Strait Islander male wrongdoers of violence or any other crime.
The research incorporated a qualitative methodology and a critical theoretical framework. An action research framework encouraged participant observation and provided me with an opportunity to work collaboratively and reflectively with men's groups. As a researcher I was engaged in activities that included brainstorming community issues such as family violence, which did in some cases inform a strategy that could be implemented and driven by the group.
The qualitative methodology included a semi -structured interview schedule for men's groups' participants, the collection of organisational data, and participatory observation. This methodological process allowed the participants of the research (`Murri and Torres Strait Islander men') to interpret and give meaning from their perspectives as to the significance of Indigenous men's issues and men's groups. Critical theory, particularly a Native American critical theory framework (Pulitano, 2003), supported an analysis which is structural and contextualises Murri men's issues within a broader social and historical framework of oppression and marginalisation from an Indigenous perspective.
An analysis of the data established that there are diverse structures and manifestations of Aboriginal and Tones Strait Islander men's groups in Queensland. The groups are actively and proactively addressing social issues and providing individual support, and are either formal or informal in terms of their composition. Issues which arose predominantly in the study included the role of men's groups in addressing family violence, the significance of self esteem and empowerment, the interrelationships between men's groups and family and community wellbeing, the importance of the role of men as mentors, and an enduring respect for elders which is nurtured by the existence of men's groups.
The groups are consistently committed to re-establishing strong and safe communities as a focus of their activities. Furthermore the study found that men's groups need to be recognised and supported by governments as a strategy for constructive change towards the betterment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The research was undertaken to provide a descriptive account of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men's groups in Queensland. It is written primarily as a document for and by Indigenous men, as a way of acknowledging the activities of men, their perspectives and what is needed to ensure that men are empowered and supported to protect and cultivate their communities in self -identified, positive and beneficial ways.
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Georg, Simone Elyse. "Karriyikarmerren rowk – everyone working together: Towards an intercultural approach to community safety in Gunbalanya, West Arnhem Land." Phd thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/160664.
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Indigenous people worldwide face complex historical, social and
cultural circumstances that impair their ability to live in
safety. In Australia, two in three Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander women have experienced spousal violence, and Indigenous
children are seven times more likely than non-Indigenous children
to experience substantiated abuse or neglect. Indigenous
community safety is a complex concept that should be based on the
self-identified concerns of Indigenous people. Few studies thus
far have enquired how Indigenous Australians in rural and remote
areas visualise safety in their own neighbourhoods. This study
investigates how Kunwinjku Aboriginal people and service
providers understand and operationalise
community safety in Gunbalanya, Northern Territory. It enquires
about the values, behaviours, social norms and controls that
influence participants’ perceptions and experiences of harm and
safety. An intercultural and strengths-based approach is needed
to understand these multifaceted issues beyond simply measuring
crime and violence.
The study uses social disorganisation and ecological systems
theories to understand how community members and service
providers manage harmful behaviours and leverage values,
attitudes and beliefs which are perceived to enhance safety. This
mixed methods research involves long-term fieldwork, undertaken
from September 2015 to October 2017 where the majority of
residents are Indigenous. Data collection includes 19
semi-structured interviews and 55 questionnaires involving 78
Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants. This intercultural
concept of Indigenous community safety: 1) identifies
neighbourhood problems which need to be addressed for the
community to reduce harm and improve safety; 2) embraces the
strengths-based elements of kinship, law and ceremonies; and 3)
develops a practical approach to understand how services could
better enable positive behaviour change in Gunbalanya.
In Gunbalanya, harmful behaviours are multi-layered and
intimately interlinked. This concept of community safety has
three main dimensions: interpersonal and community harm and the
strengths-based values of Aboriginal Law. At the interpersonal
level, neighbourhood problems occur amongst close kin
relationships where children and elderly persons are most
vulnerable. Interpersonal neighbourhood problems include alcohol
and substance misuse, interpersonal and family violence,
gambling, mental health issues and dangerous driving. These
reoccurring patterns of behaviour at the interpersonal level have
flow-on effects across the community and articulate in broader
social issues. At the community level, distal neighbourhood
problems include youth delinquency and fractured parent-child
relationships, collective trauma, and intergenerational
transmission of violence.
Findings from this research suggest that future strategies for
addressing these challenges need to build on Kunwinjku values as
the foundation for enabling healthy and respectful relationships.
At the third level, the values and beliefs in Kunwinjku society
promote positive relationships through mutual respect including
listening, helping and sharing with each other. These values are
practiced through Aboriginal dispute resolution strategies and
have the potential for use in formal service delivery. However,
ongoing patterns of harmful behaviours are fracturing respect and
belief in Aboriginal Law as social norms and controls are less
able to manage delinquent and other harmful behaviours.
Strengths-based solutions are required to engage elders and young
people in a process of transgenerational learning according to
the practices of Aboriginal Law.