Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue with innumerable costs to the
victims, children, and families affected as well as society at large. The evidence is conclusive …

This paper outlines why domestic violence (or more specifically, coercive control) should be
crucial to child custody proceedings. What is known about parenting in the context of …

Abusive Endings offers a thorough analysis of the social-science literature on one of the
most significant threats to the health and well-being of women today—abuse at the hands of …

This book would not have been written without the vision and passion of our late friend and
colleague, Kate Cavanagh. Kate identified the pressing need for a critically reflective and …

Quantitative and qualitative data were gathered from in-depth interviews with 17 Australian
fathers who were participating in a men's behaviour change program. The study found that …

Policies and practices around domestic and family violence (DFV) increasingly focus on
perpetrator accountability. With growing evidence that punitive responses alone have a …

This paper discusses the findings of a ten‐year study of filicide in Victoria, Australia, using
the data from selected case files held in the Victorian coroner's office for the period 2000–09 …

This research examined Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass)
reports prepared for private family court proceedings in domestic violence cases in England …

In parenting cases, judges are asked to resolve the dispute by reference to the best interests
of the child. In many cases, they have the benefit of expert witnesses who are trained in a …

Parenting can be a challenging task under any circumstances, but especially so in an
environment of abuse and control. This paper has identified that research on parenting in …