annotated bibliography of new zealand research into family violence

measures. The author highlights the deficiencies in using such as scale as an accuratemeasurement of violence. For example, the Conflict Tactics Scale fails to examine thecontext, impact or meaning of the violence; and it does not ask questions about sexualviolence. The author argues the importance of recognising the element of fear in men’sviolence towards women, noting a distinction between ‘violence’ and ‘battering’. In thesecond section of the article, the author purports that improving the coordination of socialservices leads to greater effectiveness when protecting the safety and autonomy of women.Efficient collaboration also means that violent offenders are held accountable for theiractions. The article concludes with a list of suggestions for effective collaboration.Robertson, N., & Busch, R. (1997). Seen but not heard? How battered women and their children fareunder the Guardianship Amendment Act 1995. Butterworths Family Law Journal, 2(8), 177-188.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13070.pubTopic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Child abuse and neglect, Physical abuse, Psychological/emotional abuse, Families, Women, Children, Justice, Protection orders, Care and contact,LegislationAbstract: This article discusses the influence of domestic violence on custody and accesscases, and examines the implementation of the Guardianship Amendment Act (1995) on thedecision-making process. The authors utilise a number of legal cases involving custody andaccess disputes in the context of domestic violence to illustrate the inconsistent application ofthe Act. Supervised access is one approach to ensuring the child has access to both parents,but this does not always guarantee the safety of the child. Often domestic violence isminimised or disregarded by the Courts, at the expense of mothers and their children.Russell, M., & Wood, B. (2001). A violence-free family environment: The views of parents who don’tsmack. In Conference Collection 2002: Children & Young People: Their Environments: 2ndCollection: Unedited papers from The Fourth Child and Family Policy Conference: Childrenand Young People 28 - 30 June 2001. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago,Children’s Issues Centre.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13244.pubTopic Areas: Physical abuse, Families, Discipline/punishmentAbstract: This essay discusses a research study that explored examples of parents who havedecided not to use physical punishment as a discipline strategy with their children. Thirtyparticipants were interviewed by telephone, and the questions revolved around why they haddecided not to use smacking, when they had made this decision, and had they ever usedphysical discipline. The results indicated that the parent’s own experience of physicalpunishment in their family of origin was the greatest influence on discipline style. Themajority of the participants had decided not to engage in the use of physical discipline beforethe child was born, particularly due to their beliefs about the negative outcomes of smacking.Saphira, M. (2001). Commercial exploitation of children in New Zealand/Aotearoa (CSEC Project).Retrieved December 20, 2005, from ECPAT NZ Web Site:http://www.ecpat.org.nz/pdf/ChildProstitution.pdfSee: www.nzfvc.org.nz/12798.pubTopic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Physical abuse, Sexual abuse, Children, Drug and159