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Domestic Violence in Surrey: Developing an effective inter-agency response
Nicola Dominy and Lorraine Radford, Surrey County Council and Roehampton Institute (1996)
This particular piece of work undertaken in Surrey in 1996 was key in developing our thinking for the DAPHNE research proposal. The study aimed to:
- look at the prevalence of domestic violence among women in Surrey;
- explore the needs of women and children for service provision;
- evaluate the responses of key agencies offering services in situations of crisis and in the longer term; and
- look at possibilities for developing effective inter-agency strategies in order to protect victims and prevent crimes
The report found that 64% of respondents who had experienced domestic violence had not sought any help from others, including friends or statutory and non-statutory agencies, in dealing with the problem.
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Domestic Violence: Findings from a new British Crime Survey self-completion questionnaire
Mirrlees-Black, C. (1999), Home Office Research Study No.191 London: Home Office
This report presents the findings of a new computerised self-completion component on domestic violence, included as part of the 1996 British Crime Survey. The questionnaire was designed to maximise victims’ willingness to report domestic assaults and threats to the survey. It therefore provides the most reliable findings to date on the extent of domestic violence in England and Wales, and shows it to be prevalent.
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Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking: Findings from the British Crime Survey
Walby, S. and Allen, J. (2004), Home Office Research Study No. 276. London: Home Office
Inter-personal violence comprises crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. These are important forms of crime and the government is engaged in a major series of policy initiatives in order to deal with them. However, only a small fraction of these cases are reported to the police and recorded by them, and even interview based surveys have difficulty in getting people to disclose such events. This report presents the findings of an innovative computerised self-completion questionnaire included in the British Crime Survey (BCS), which encourages wider reporting of experiences than the main face-to-face part of the BCS. It builds on previous use of this methodology in the BCS, and provides the most reliable findings to date on the extent and nature of inter-personal violence in England and Wales.
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Captured Queen: Men’s violence against women in “equal” Sweden – a prevalence study (2001)
In 2001 the Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority in Sweden published a study commissioned by the Swedish government looking at women’s experiences of male violence.
Based questionnaires sent to 10,000 women, the report gives detailed socio-economic information such as education, occupation and income about women who reported they had been victims of violence.
For further reading see following link: http://www.brottsoffermyndigheten.se/Sidor/EPT/Bestallningar/PDF/Captured%20Queen%20.pdf
Children and domestic violence: A research overview of the impact on children
Catherine Humphreys and Audrey Mullender, Research in Practice
This overview looking at the impact of domestic violence on children is part of a series of guides produced by Research in Practice aimed at giving local authorities and voluntary organisations better access to reliable research.
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Children and domestic violence in rural areas
Save the Children (2002)
The Countryside Agency commissioned Save the Children to manage this research, which took place in 2002. It aims to explore the nature and extent of domestic violence support provision for children and young people living in rural areas in England, to identify examples of good practice, and to highlight implications for policy, practice and improvements in the provision of domestic violence services.
For further reading see following link: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/docs/domvio_rural_areas.pdf
Social geographies of women’s fear of crime
Pain, R. (1995) Division of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Northumbria
This research aims to explain and explore the spatial pattern of women’s fear against violent crime in four important areas: the imposition of constraints on the use of urban space, the distinction between public and private space in perceptions of danger, the social construction of space into ‘safe’ and ‘dangerous’ places and the social control of women’s spaces. Within this framework, the research shows how women’s experiences of social class, age, disability and motherhood can determine their experience of and reaction to violent crime.
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Addressing violence against women in a rural context
Cath Hastings and Karen MacLean, (2002), University of Sydney, Australia
This research aims to explore the strategies and challenges in engaging rural communities in order to address violence against women. The research found it is useful to mainstream the violence against women in order to develop broad community support and local networks in order to progress various strategies.
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Domestic violence against women in Sydney’s affluent north
Salvation Army, Media Release, 27 March 2006
The press release raises awareness of a report which highlights a steady increase of domestic violence against women in higher socio-economic families on Sydney's North Shore.
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Because fear makes no class distinctions – abuse support group helps affluent women end silent suffering
Kim Horner, Dallas Daily News, 9 April 2005
The article is about the growing number of high-income women in Dallas who are victims of domestic abuse.