Responding to Domestic Violence

Introduction - Stephanie Holt, Associate Professor of Social Work, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Carolina Overlien, Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden and Researcher, Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway and John Devaney, Senior Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom. Part I: The policy framework for responding to domestic violence in Europe. 1. Domestic violence - a rights-based response: Drawing on results from the FRA's violence against women survey - Joanna Goodey, Head of the Freedoms and Justice Department, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna, Austria. 2. Development, coordination and implementation of national strategies for the prevention of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in Ireland: Lessons learned and unlearned - Philip McCormack, Cosc - The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, Dublin, Ireland. Part II: Children's experiences of domestic violence. 3. Mother-child relationships in the context of intimate partner violence - Zuzana Ocenasova, Coordination and Methodological Centre for Prevention of Violence against Women, Bratislava, Slovakia and Hana Smitkova, Department of Psychology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. 4. Voice, agency power: A framework for young survivors' participation in national domestic abuse policy-making - Claire Houghton, Researcher and Expert Adviser, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 5. Including children and young people in domestic violence research: When myths and misconceptions compromise participation - Carolina Overlien, Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Sweden and Researcher, Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway and Stephanie Holt, Associate Professor of Social Work, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. 6. Research on teenage intimate partner violence within a European context: Findings from the literature - Sibel Korkmaz, PhD Candidate, Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Sweden. 7. Fear of double disclosure and other barriers to the help seeking: An intersectional approach to address the needs of LGBT teenagers experiencing teenage relationship abuse -Maria Pentaraki, Lecturer in Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom. 8. Caring dads, safer children: Using a focus on fathering to respond to domestic violence - Nicola McConnell, Senior Evaluation Officer, NSPCC, United Kingdom, Julie Taylor, Professor of Child Protection, University of Birmingham/ Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom and Matt Barnard, Head of Crime, Justice and Communities, NatCen, United Kingdom. Part III: New understandings on domestic abuse and violence. 9. Strength through solidarity: Practitioners and parents resisting child to parent violence and abuse in Ireland - Declan Coogan, Lecturer in Social Work, NUI Galway, Ireland. 10. Digital intimate partner violence and abuse among youth: A systematic review of associated factors - Per Moum Hellevik, PhD Candidate, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway. 11. Human trafficking and gender based violence: From life and limb to hearts and minds - Nusha Yonkova, Anti-Trafficking Manager, Immigrant Council of Ireland and Gloria Kirwan, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. 12. Female genital mutilation: Results from the Portuguese prevalence study - Dalila Cerejo, Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICSNOVA- FCSH/NOVA) New University of Lisbon, Portugal. 13. Force marriage in Europe: The case of Belgium - Els Leye, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Belgium. Part IV: Responding to domestic violence and abuse. 14. Models on treatment of intimate partner violence: Gender based and trauma informed work at Alternative to Violence in Norway - Ingunn Rangul Askeland, Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, and Clinical Psychologist, Alternative to Violence, Oslo, Norway and Marius Rakil, Director, Alternative to Violence, Oslo, Norway. 15. Healthcare responses to domestic violence: Why and how? - Lucy Potter, Academic Clinical Fellow, University of Bristol, United Kingdom and Gene Feder, Professor of Primary Care, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. 16. Older women's experiences of domestic abuse - Elizabeth Martin, PhD Candidate, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom, John Devaney, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom and Gemma Carney, Lecturer in Social Policy, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom. 17. Whose movement is it anyway? Reflections from the field - Davina James-Hanman, Independent Violence Against Women Consultant, Lisbon, Portugal. Conclusion: Progressing the debate on domestic violence in Europe - Stephanie Holt, Associate Professor of Social Work, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, John Devaney, Senior Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom and Carolina Overlien, Associate Professor, Stockholm University, Swedenand Researcher, Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway.