SCIE Research briefing 25: Children’s and young people’s experiences of domestic violence involving adults in a parenting role

  1. Mullender, A. (2004) Tackling domestic violence: providing support for children who have witnessed domestic violence, Home Office development and practice report No. 33, London: Home Office.
  2. Humphreys, C. (2006) Domestic violence and child protection: challenging directions for practice, Australian domestic and family violence issues papers report No. 13, Sydney: University of New South Wales.
  3. Humphreys, C., Hester, M., Hague, G., Mullender, A., Abrahams, H. and Lowe, P. (2000) Working with families where there is domestic violence, Report No. 830, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  4. Thiara, R. and Breslin, R. (2006) ‘A look at domestic violence among families from ethnic minorities’, Community care, 2 November, pp 32-33.
  5. Malley-Morrison, K. and Hines, D.A. (2007) ‘Attending to the role of race/ethnicity in family violence research’, Journal of interpersonal violence, 22 (8) pp 943-972.
  6. Calder, C. (2004) Children living with domestic violence, Lyme Regis: Russell House.
  7. Crighton-Hill, Y. (2007) ‘Family violence and cultural context’, Social work now (New Zealand), pp 12-16.
  8. Blagg, H. (2002) ‘Restorative justice and aboriginal family violence’ in Strang, H. and Braithwaite, J. (eds) Restorative justice and family violence, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 191-205.
  9. Saunders, A. (1995) It hurts me too: children’s experiences of domestic violence and refuge life, London: ChildLine/Women’s Aid Federation.
  10. Saunders, H. (2004)Twenty-nine child homicides: lessons still to be learnt on domestic violence and child protection, Bristol: Women’s Aid Federation.
  11. Mullender, A., Hague, G., Imam, U., Kelly, L., Malos, E. and Regan, L. (2002) Children’s perspectives on domestic violence, London, Sage.
  12. Department of Health (2004) National Service Framework for children, young people and maternity services. London, HMSO.
  13. Statham, J. (2004) ‘Effective services to support children in special circumstances’, Child: care, health and development 30 (6), pp 589-598.
  14. Finney, A. (2006) Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking: findings from the 2004/5 British Crime Survey, Home Office online report 12/06, London: Home Office.
  15. Parker, B., Steeves, R., Anderson, S. and Moran, B. (2004) ‘Uxoricide: a phenomenological study of adult survivors’, Issues in mental health nursing 25 (2), pp 133-145.
  16. Borowsky, I.W. and Ireland, M. (2002) ‘Parental screening for intimate partner violence by pediatricians and family physicians’, Pediatrics (American Academy of Pediatrics), 110 (3), p 509.
  17. Ewen, B.M. (2007) ‘Failure to protect laws: protecting children or punishing mothers?’, Journal of forensic nursing 3 (2), pp 84-86.
  18. Department for Education and Schools (2003), Every Child Matters, Report No. CM 5680, London: The Stationery Office.
  19. United Nations (1989) Convention on the Rights of the Child: Article 3, Geneva: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  20. Kelly, L. and Mullender, A. (2000) Complexities and contradictions: living with domestic violence and the UN Convention on Children’s Rights. International journal of children’s rights 8 (3), pp 229-241.
  21. Lansdown, G. (2000) ‘Children’s rights and domestic violence’, Child abuse review 9 (6), pp 416-426.
  22. Slovak, K., Carlson, K. and Helm, L. (2007) ‘The influence of family violence on youth attitudes’, Child and adolescent social work 24 (1), pp 77-99.
  23. Folsom, W.S., Christensen, M.L., Avery, L. and Moore, C. (2003) ‘The co-occurrence of child abuse and domestic violence: an issue of service delivery for social service professionals’, Child and adolescent social work journal 20 (5), p 375.
  24. Saltzman, K.M., Holden, G.W. and Holahan, C.J. (2005) ‘The psychobiology of children exposed to marital violence’, Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology (official journal for The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53), 34 (1), pp 129-139.
  25. Avery, L., Hutchinson, D. and Whitaker, K. (2002) ‘Domestic violence and intergenerational rates of child sexual abuse: a case record analysis’, Child and adolescent social work journal, 19 (1), pp 77-90.
  26. Jenkins, T. and Dunne, J. (2007) Domestic abuse, the facts: a secondary research report, London: Equal Opportunities Commission.
  27. Maclean, M. (2004) Together and apart: children and parents experiencing separation and divorce. Report No. 314, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  28. Tischler, V., Karim, K., Rustall, S., Gregory, P. and Vostanis, P. (2004) ‘A family support service for homeless children and parents: users’ perspectives and characteristics’, Health and social care in the community, 12 (4), pp 327-335.
  29. Stalford, H., Baker, H. and Beveridge, F. (2003) Children and domestic violence in rural areas, London: Save the Children.
  30. Hester, M., Pearson, C. and Harwin, N. (2000), Making an impact: children and domestic violence, London: Jessica Kingsley.
  31. Gorin, S. (2004) Understanding what children say about living with domestic violence, parental substance misuse or parental health problems. Findings Report No. 514, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  32. Martin, S.G. (2002) ‘Children exposed to domestic violence: psychological considerations for health care practitioners’, Holistic nursing practice 16 (3), pp 7-15.
  33. Stover, C., Horn, P. and Lieberman, A. (2006) ‘Parental representations in the play of preschool aged witnesses of marital violence’, Journal of family violence 21 (6), pp 417-424.
  34. Hester, M. and Radford, L. (1996) Domestic violence and child contact arrangements in England and Denmark, Bristol: Policy Press.
  35. Hester, M. and Pearson, C. (1998) From periphery to centre - domestic violence in work with abused children, Bristol: Policy Press.
  36. Women’s Coalition Against Family Violence (1994) Blood on whose hands? The killing of women and children in domestic homicides, Brunswick, Victoria: Women’s Coalition Against Family Violence.
  37. Jacob, T. and Johnson, S. (2001) ‘Sequential interactions in the parent-child communications of depressed fathers and depressed mothers’, Journal of family psychology 15 (1), pp 38-52.
  38. Matheson, K., Kelly, O., Cole, B., Tannenbaum, B., Dodd, C. and Anisman, H. (2005) ‘Parental bonding and depressive affect: the mediating role of coping resources’, British journal of psychology 44, pp 371-395.
  39. Pinkerton, J. and Dolan, P. (2007) ‘Family support, social capital, resilience and adolescent coping’, Child & family social work 12 (3), pp219-228.
  40. Cutrona, C.E. (2000) ‘Social support principles for strengthening families’ in Canavan, J., Dolan, P. and Pinkerton, J. (eds) Family support: Direction from diversity, pp 103-122, London: Jessica Kingsley.
  41. Gadd, D. and Jefferson, T. (2007) Psychosocial criminology: an introduction, London: Sage.
  42. Mullender, A. and Burton, S. (2000) Reducing domestic violence - what works? Perpetrator programmes, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit briefing note, London: Home Office.
  43. National Offender Management Service (2008) Interventions and Substance Abuse Unit: annual report for accredited programmes 2006-7, London: National Probation Service.
  44. HM Treasury (2003) Every Child Matters, London. The Stationery Office.
  45. Children Act (2004).
  46. Davies, L. and Krane, J. (2006) ‘Collaborate with caution: protecting children, helping mothers’, Critical social policy 26, pp 412-425.
  47. Mill, J. and Church, D. (2007) Safe learning, London: Save the Children.
  48. Social Exclusion Unit (2008) Think Family: improving the life chances of families at risk, London: Cabinet Office.
  49. Hague, G., Kelly, L., Malos, E. and Mullender A. (1996) Children, domestic violence and refuges: a study of needs and responses, Bristol: Women’s Aid Federation
  50. Jarvis, K., Gordon, E. and Novaco, R. (2005) ‘Psychological distress of children and mothers in domestic violence emergency shelters’, Journal of family violence 20 (6), pp 389-402.
  51. Thomas, M. and Lebacq, M. (2000) Beyond fear: social work practice and domestic violence, social work monograph series: Research into Practice, Sheffield: University of Sheffield Joint Unit for Social Services Research.
  52. Mama, A. (2001) ‘Violence against black women in the home’, in Hanmer, J. and Itzin, C. (eds) Home truths about domestic violence: feminist influences on policy and practice - a reader, London: Routledge, pp 44-56.
  53. McGee, G. (2001) Childhood experiences of domestic violence, London: Jessica Kingsley.
  54. Wuest, J., Merritt-Gray, M. and Ford-Gilboe, M. (2004) ‘Regenerating family: strengthening the emotional health of mothers and children in the context of intimate partner violence’, Advances in nursing science 27 (4), pp 257-274.
  55. Alderson, P. (1995) Listening to children: children, ethics and social research, London: Barnardo’s.
  56. Beresford, B. (1997) Personal accounts: involving disabled children in research, Norwich, Social Policy Research Unit.
  57. Boylan, J. and Wyllie, J. (1999) ‘Advocacy and child protection’, in Parton, N. and Wattam, C. (eds) Child sexual abuse: responding to the experiences of children, London: John Wiley & Sons, pp 58-70.
  58. Boylan, J. and Dalrymple, J. (2006) ‘Contemporary advocacy: advocacy in child protection conferences and reviews’, ChildRight cr226, pp 28-30.
  59. Ahmann, E. (2001) ‘Violence prevention strategies for families’, Pediatric nursing 27 (3), pp 278-280.
  60. NSPCC/Department of Health (1997) Turning points: a resource pack for communicating with children, London: NSPCC.

Bookmark and share

What are these? DEJI