annotated bibliography of new zealand research into family violence

lawyer did attempt to understand the situation, displayed empathy and listening skills, andseemed genuinely concerned about the safety and wellbeing of them and their children. Theresearch findings suggest that negative experiences of the legal system in domestic violencecases often exacerbate an already stressful situation.Pond, R., & Morgan, M. Harmful weapon? Empowering protection? Or just a piece of paper?Discursive constructions of protection orders by New Zealand lawyers working with partnerviolence. Unpublished manuscript.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13252.pubTopic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Women, Justice, Protection orders, Legislation,Cultural factors, GenderAbstract: This article examines how lawyers make sense of domestic violence and the legalresponse to such violence. Interviews with 18 lawyers working in the domestic violence areawere analysed using a feminist poststructuralist framework. The authors identify severaldiscourses used by the lawyers, and argue that some discourses help victims by focussing ontheir needs, while others hinder victims because they shift the responsibility for violenceaway from the perpetrator. The authors also identify the use of discourses that have mixedimplications for the victim, such as the view that protection orders can worsen the situation byangering the abuser.Pool, I. (1999). Fathers and the future. Paper presented at the Social Policy Forum, Wellington, 19thApril 1999, Wellington, New Zealand.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/12016.pubTopic Areas: Families, Demographics/statisticsAbstract: This paper uses data from the survey New Zealand Women: Family, Employmentand Education (1997), and the population census to examine family, behavioural anddemographic changes in New Zealand society. The ways in which family structure influencesthe family’s capacity to develop is discussed. This paper concludes that the best way toprotect children in New Zealand is to support the wellbeing of families.Porch, T. L. (1990). Attitudes of New Zealand police and social workers toward child sexual abuse.Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Dakota, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13173.pubTopic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Sexual abuse, Incest, Children, Justice, Legislation,Cultural factors, Social services, Prevention/intervention/treatment, Cultural practice,Demographics/statisticsAbstract: This study investigated attitudes of 327 New Zealand Police and social workerstowards intrafamilial child sexual abuse. Respondents completed a questionnaire consisting ofthe Jackson Incest Blame Scale and a series of scenarios that depicted intrafamilial sexualcontact with children. A primary objective was to explore the impact of specific variables inthe abuse situation on perceptions of seriousness and predictions of long-term emotionaltrauma. A second objective was the identification of patterns of incest blame attribution. Ananalysis of variance revealed significant differences in perception of seriousness for all sixvariables manipulated: age of victim; gender of victim; relationship to perpetrator; chronicity;type of act; and profession of respondent. Significant differences in predictions of long-termemotional trauma were found for five variables: gender of victim; relationship to perpetrator;151