annotated bibliography of new zealand research into family violence

Topic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Women, Victims/survivors, Health, Prevention/intervention/treatmentAbstract: This study aimed to identify the enablers and barriers to routine questioning in theEmergency Department (ED) one year after the programme was launched, and the strategiesto address these barriers. Staff who have responsibility for routinely questioning women wereconsidered well placed to provide this information. The methodology selected was evaluationresearch using semi-structured interviews. The design included member checking andtriangulation of the findings. Eleven ED staff members participated in five (two group andthree single) interviews.The interviews revealed that routine questioning for partner abuse is difficult in the EDsetting as barriers to questioning exist, including a lack of privacy and time. Enablers, such aspolicy and training, support routine questioning and can minimise barriers. Participantssuggested strategies to overcome these. These barriers, enablers and solutions were eitherpersonal or organisational in origin and all had a common theme of safety.Source: Author’s abstractRobertson, H. J. B. (1997). Do we really love our children? In Children’s Issues Centre (Ed.), (n.d.),Community Collection. Paper presented at Children’s Issues Centre Seminar. Dunedin, NewZealand: University of Otago, Children’s Issues Centre.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13248.pubTopic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Sexual abuse, Children, Justice, Care and protection,Care and contact, LegislationAbstract: This paper examines how professionals can gain testimonies from children incontested trials, particularly in sexual abuse cases. The author heavily critiques the frameworkof videotaped evidence, including the collection of this type of evidence, the crossexaminationprocess, and how the courts utilise video evidence. Further, this paper discussesthe use of ex parte (without notice) applications for child custody and access cases and theauthor evaluates the appropriate use of these.Robertson, N. R. (1999). Reforming institutional responses to violence against women. Unpublisheddoctoral dissertation, University of Waikato, New Zealand.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/12130.pubTopic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Women, Perpetrators/offenders, Victims/survivors,Justice, Gender, Social services, Prevention/intervention/treatment, Cultural practice,Intersectoral collaborationAbstract: In this thesis, the author argues that a more comprehensive approach is needed toend violence against women in which multiple interventions are delivered in a consistent andcoordinated manner with the twin objectives of enhancing the safety and autonomy of womenand holding men accountable for the use of violence. Within the justice system, this can beachieved by legislative and administrative reforms which reduce the ability of decisionmakers to exercise discretion in woman-blaming and batterer-colluding ways, which ensurethat there is a common set of priorities across agencies, which provide for the sharing ofsafety-relevant information between agencies and which include mechanisms for batteredwomen’s advocates to monitor institutional practices so that decision makers can, in effect, beheld accountable to battered women.This study involved case studies of women who experienced difficulties with protection order157