annotated bibliography of new zealand research into family violence

Children, Children as victims, Children as witnesses, Violence against men, Cultural factors,Drug and alcohol abuse, Social services, Prevention/intervention/treatment, Demographics/statisticsAbstract: This report examines domestic violence in Auckland city from 1 July 1999 to 30June 2000. The research is based on 100 callouts of the Preventing Violence in the Homeagency during this period. The author examines factors that are generally believed toinfluence the prevalence of domestic violence, such as gender, ethnicity, alcohol, pregnancy,and children. The types of injuries sustained by the victim are also discussed.The results show that in 96% of the cases the victims were female, with Maori and Pacificpeoples being over-represented. Although alcohol is often cited by victims of domesticviolence as being a trigger, less than one-third of the cases involved alcohol. In just over halfthe cases, women received a blow to the head; this has implications for the health professionbecause of the seriousness and complexity of head injuries. Of the 24% of women thatsustained blows to the abdomen, one-quarter of them were pregnant. Another 3% of thesample disclosed that they were pregnant at the time of the assault. In nearly three-quarters ofinstances, children were present and witnessed the attack.The report concludes by highlighting the direct link between domestic violence and childabuse and neglect, identifying that the children were either a part of the attack, or sufferedfrom the environment.Drummond, S. (1999). A descriptive model of the offence process in domestic violence. Unpublishedmaster’s thesis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13218.pubTopic Areas: Intimate partner abuse, Families, Perpetrators/offenders, Cultural factors,Mental health, Drug and alcohol abuse, Prevention/intervention/treatmentAbstract: This study proposed a new direction for domestic violence research, consideringdomestic violence as a process. The application of such a conceptualisation was intended tocapture both the dynamic and complex nature of these events. A qualitative methodologybased on grounded theory was used to delineate a descriptive model of the offence process indomestic violence from interviews with 10 participants, currently incarcerated at PaparuaPrison, Christchurch. These men had current or prior convictions for domestic violenceoffences. The model that emerged from this study consists of four temporally sequentialphases which are described and discussed. These consist of: background factors; build-upoffence context phase; offence phase; and post-offence phase. It is suggested that this offenceprocess model will provide a framework for the evaluation of current causal explanations, hasthe potential to enhance the development of new hypotheses, and has utility in terms ofaltering current conceptualisations of effective intervention packages.Source: Author’s abstractDrummond, W. (1996). Suicide New Zealand: Adolescents at risk. Palmerston North, New Zealand:Nagere Press.See: www.nzfvc.org.nz/13197.pubTopic Areas: Child abuse and neglect, Suicide/self-harm, AdolescentsAbstract: This book examines factors that contribute to New Zealand’s high suicide rateamongst young people. Various studies into adolescent suicide are reviewed. Physical, sexual,and psychological abuse are identified as risk factors for suicide. Family dysfunction and poor53