Fathering in the context of domestic violence and abuse

• Autores: Katreena Scott
• Localización: The Routledge International Handbook of Domestic Violence and Abuse / John Devaney (ed. lit.), Caroline Bradbury Jones (ed. lit.), Rebecca J. Macy (ed. lit.), Carolina Överlien (ed. lit.), Stephanie Holt (ed. lit.), 2021, ISBN 9780367686253, pág. 478
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Fathers who perpetrate domestic violence play important but under-recognized roles in the lives of their children. The term father, in this context, includes biological, step, common law and adoptive fathers, as well as non-custodial intimate partners who have a caregiving role. This chapter begins by advancing the case for greater attention to men as fathers in the context of domestic violence. The ways in which fathers are, and are not, recognized within systems designed to support children who have been exposed to domestic violence are reviewed along with challenges associated with the “invisibility” of men’s ongoing involvement with, and impact on, their children. Promising practices in recognizing and intervening with fathers in child protection, family and criminal court, men’s intervention programmes, and in collaborative community initiatives are reviewed along with challenges facing this relatively new area of research, policy and practice.