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There's a report out this morning highlighting the lack of joined-up thinking in the treatment of domestic abuse and times when victimes have felt unsupported and not helped at all. We have seen on here how often this happens and I am glad to see this in the news today.
Read all about it here
Hi everyone, thanks for that article Louise.
I have just come back from a fantastic conference where we talked about exactly that. The lack of joined up services, we looked at the statistics of gender based violence, what works and what really doesn't.
Rights of Women spoke about their research on the impact of the new legal aid regulations has had on survivors of domestic violence, you can read it here, its pretty scary reading, but they are also continuing to monitor this impact, if anyone is interested please got to their survey.
Also something that makes interesting reading is Marianne Hester's presentation - the 3 planets, there is a lot of reading but page 33 says it all. 3 completely different agencies sending out completely different messages.
We will all be working together to improve services for survivors of domestic abuse and their children.
How incredibly sad all this is, incredibly sad. Thank you for the information Louise it is so good to know
Thanks Anna, what an interesting document and especially the page 33 chart. For those who might not be able to load it (eg on a Smartphone) this is the gist of that chart:
1. Child contact: this is often encouraged by the courts, and the implication of that decision is that the courts consider the abusive person "a good enough father" (or mother) despite the abuse
2. Child protection: concerns about the safety of the children may arise when they are with the abusive parent. The parent with day to day care can be seen by Social Services as not protecting their children (even though the courts have insisted on the contact)
3. Domestic abuse agencies seek to protect the children and their parent from the abusive parent, sending out the message that the abuser is NOT a "good enough father" (or mother).
Thanks for sharing this report Louise, it sure makes grim reading. What I find unbelievable is the lack of joined up support, the too many cases where services knew but couldn't do anything to prevent these deaths. The fact that the cases that were missing are the most complex, involving other issues such as mental illness or disability is very scary. Aren't those precisely the cases where we need the professionals to know what they are doing?