annotated bibliography of new zealand research into family violence

Topic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Sexual abuse, Children, Children as victims, Justice,Social services, Prevention/intervention/treatment, Demographics/statistics, IntersectoralcollaborationAbstract: The author of this article explores the procedures and rationale for videotapedinterviews with children who allege sexual and/or physical abuse, or who are at serious risk ofthese forms of violence. The research focused on the information gained during interviews ofchildren referred to Child, Youth and Family Services (CYFS). The use and purpose ofevidential and diagnostic interviews are differentiated in this research. Both allegation ratesand offender and offence data are detailed. The author supports the interagency collaborationof workers within CYFS, the Police, the health sector, and other related groups, and providessome evidence to sustain this. Limitations in the interpretation of statistics resulting from thisresearch are also explained.Bates, F. (1996, March). Domestic violence and children: More mud in cloudy waters? New ZealandLaw Journal, 103-105, 115.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/12997.pubTopic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Families, Children, Justice, Care and contactAbstract: The author of this article presents legal views on custodial cases where domesticviolence is an issue in the parental relationship. The New Zealand Family Court case ofClough v. Greene (1995) is used to illustrate these issues. The author cites evidence that it isin the best interests of the child to have contact with both parents, except when it is contraryto the child’s wellbeing. Therefore, the relevance of the violent parental relationship to thechild access case is questioned. Case studies are used throughout to support the author’sviews. The evidence of risk of violence contradicts the Courts’ mandate of maintaining achild’s contact with both parents. The author raises questions about what effects domesticviolence has on children, and discusses supervised access as a means of reducing risk to thechild while maintaining contact with a parent accused of violent behaviour.Baxter, B. E. (1999). "Why are so few women requesting attendance at protected persons’programmes?" Unpublished master’s thesis, Massey University, Palmerston North, NewZealand.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13150.pubTopic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Women, Perpetrators/offenders, Victims/survivors,Justice, Protection orders, Legislation, Policy, Prevention/intervention/treatmentAbstract: This thesis investigates the low attendance at protected persons’ programmes andinvestigates how the information exchange fails to achieve greater numbers of participants onFamily Court-funded programmes. The focus of this study is on the low number of requestsmade by women in order to attend domestic violence education programmes under s29(1)(a)of the Domestic Violence Act (1995). The author examines the exchange of informationbetween some Family Court clients and the associated Family Court practitioners whenprotection orders are obtained.Data collected is both qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data comprised of in-depthinterviews with 5 protected persons and 10 practitioners connected to the Family Courtthrough their work with victims of domestic violence. The quantitative data was gainedthrough a survey of 22 Family Court coordinators. Both the interviews and the survey weredesigned to trace the processes used in exchanging significant information about theprogrammes, and to identify the successful methods of engaging more women in12