Parent abuse, news around the world
Florida State Senator, Geraldine Thompson, announced a bill this week to give protection to parents experiencing violence and abuse from their children. If passed, it would become the nation’s first...
View ArticleA brighter future for families experiencing child to parent violence
Continuing a mini series of interviews about different projects around the country, I have been speaking with Sian Taylor at Wish for a Brighter Future in Bristol. Wish for a Brighter Future (WISH)...
View ArticleInformation Guide: Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse
The second of two launch days for the Interim Information Guide: Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse took place in London on Monday. (The first was in Manchester last week.) Despite the short...
View ArticleChild to parent violence and abuse: a legal question
In March 2013, the UK government extended the definition of domestic violence and abuse, to include coercive control and to capture those affected by peer teen abuse in the 16 and 17 year old age...
View ArticleThe Care Act 2014: how can it support individuals experiencing child to...
Yesterday I attended a seminar organised by AVA, considering the interface between the Care Act 2014 and domestic violence, and what could be learnt about support for vulnerable victims of abuse: “The...
View ArticleThe use of restorative work in CPV: where it diverges with IPV
The recent publication of the paper, Under the Radar: The Widespread use of ‘Out of Court Resolutions’ in Policing Domestic Violence and Abuse in the United Kingdom, by Westmarland, Johnson and...
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