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Title: | “It’s Like Standing on a Beach, Holding Your Children’s Hands, and Having a Tsunami Just Coming Towards You”: Intimate Partner Violence and “Expert” Assessments in Australian Family Law | Contributor(s): | Rathus, Zoe (author); Jeffries, Samantha (author); Menih, Helena (author); Field, Rachael (author) | Publication Date: | 2019 | Early Online Version: | 2019-03-14 | DOI: | 10.1080/15564886.2019.1580646 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27022 | Abstract: | The ways in which postseparation parenting disputes are managed has undergone significant change in Australia since the Family Law Act (Cth) was first enacted in 1975. The best interests of children have always been paramount in children’s cases and over the last 20 years, this concept has been legislatively shaped to include ongoing beneficial post separation parental relationships and protection from harm. A critical piece of evidence to inform a Family Court’s decision making in such matters is a family report, which is an expert assessment compiled by a social science professional. The authors report findings from an Australian based qualitative study exploring the experiences of family report assessment practice from the perspective of victim mothers who have separated from men who perpetrate intimate partner violence. The authors conclude that reforms are necessary to improve the practice and procedure of family report writing in Australia. Such reforms should ensure that the lived experience of victims of intimate partner violence is validated, assessment processes have victim efficacy, and the outcomes of such reports do not put women and their children at ongoing risk of harm. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Victims & Offenders, 14(4), p. 408-440 | Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Inc | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1556-4991 1556-4886 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified 180113 Family Law |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 480402 Family Law | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940403 Criminal Justice | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 230403 Criminal justice | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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