Adolescent Violence to Parents Conference report
The Adolescent Violence to Parents (APV) conference held this week (September 23rd 2013) in Oxford was an important landmark in…
domestic violence
Silent Cries: a child’s account of living with violence
Amongst the many factors that have been identified with regard to children’s violence to parents, the experience of living with…
A Police Response to Parent Abuse
When I undertook my Masters study in 2004 – 6, one of the people I interviewed was a police officer,…
The law of unintended consequences
Today see the roll out of the welfare benefits cap across England, Wales and Scotland. What we are supposed to…
From witness to perpetrator: is it inevitable?
The recent Respect National Practitioners Seminar, held in London, featured a keynote speech from Professor David Gadd, of the Centre for…
No rules about controlling relationships
Coverage of an assault by Charles Saatchi on his wife Nigella Lawson, outside a London restaurant at the weekend, has…
Teens see violence as normal
Eddie Gallagher has drawn my attention to an article in www.dailylife.com.au, commenting on an apparent rise in domestic violence crimes…
Child to Parent Violence: Insights from Spain
Over the last few months I have been conscious that this blog has focused very much on events in the…
Restorative Justice: the positive story
Some lively discussion on the BBC last week around the use of “informal” community responses to violent crime, including Restorative Justice…
Changing the DV definition: the debate continues
My attention was drawn this week to the recently released Home Office Guidance, Information for Local Areas on the change…
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