annotated bibliography of new zealand research into family violence

See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13143.pubTopic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Physical abuse, Sexual abuse, Families,Perpetrators/offenders, Victims/survivors, Mental health, Prevention/intervention/treatment,Demographics/statisticsAbstract: This study examined the moderating factors that stop a male victim of sexual abusefrom entering the victim-offender cycle. A secondary purpose of the study was to identifypossible reasons why men who are not victims of sexual abuse sexually offend. Three groupswere interviewed as part of the study. A resilient group (47 participants), a victim-offendergroup (41 participants), and an offender group (50 participants). Significant differences werefound between the sexually abused groups. Primarily the resilient group received more intraand inter-familial emotional and social support, had more peer friendships, were moreeducated, had fewer siblings, and were less likely to report sexual fantasies and sexual desireabout young children, compared with both offender groups. The resilient group were morelikely to internalise the effects of their sexual abuse, while the victim-offender groupdisplayed more externalising effects, which included being physically abusive towards others.They were also more likely to report being abused by less than three offenders, and they wereless likely to fantasise and masturbate about their own abuse. The resilient group reportedreceiving more emotional comfort from their abuse experience. The resilient group citedempathy for potential victims as the most common reasons for not sexually offending. Therewere also a small number of significant differences between the two sexually abused groupsregarding their sexual abuse experience. The victim-offender group reported more externalreasons for sexually offending, as opposed to the offender group who reported more internalreasons. The findings support the need for multifactorial models of resiliency, the victimoffendercycle, and sexual offending. Recommendations about the prevention of the victimoffendercycle are made, including the need for a thorough systemic assessment of all malevictims of sexual abuse and the involvement of their family system in counselling.Source: Author’s abstractLambie, I. D., & Stewart, M. W. (2003). Community solutions for the community’s problem: Anoutcome evaluation of three New Zealand community child sex offender treatmentprogrammes. Retrieved November 22, 2005, from the Department of Corrections Web site:http://www.corrections.govt.nz/public/pdf/research/childsexoff/sexoffender.pdfSee: www.nzfvc.org.nz/12769.pubTopic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Sexual abuse, Perpetrators/offenders, Social services,Prevention/intervention/treatmentAbstract: This report investigates recidivism rates of people attending community child sexoffender treatment programmes. Three treatment programmes were evaluated: The SAFENetwork Inc, Auckland, STOP Wellington Inc, and STOP Trust Christchurch, to determinewhether community-based sex offender treatment programmes are effective in reducingreoffending. Recidivism rates were compared for treatment and comparison groups. Theresearch findings show that the treatment programmes succeeded in reducing recidivism rates.Lammers, M. (2002). Women’s experience of emotional abuse in intimate relationships: A qualitativestudy. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13190.pubTopic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Psychological/emotional abuse, Women, Perpetrators/offenders, Victims/survivors, Gender101