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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Domestic Violence Effects of/surviving violence Research Young People
Children’s Needs, Coping Strategies and Understanding of Woman Abuse
This multi-methodological study sought to discover how both children and young people understand domestic violence and how those who have lived with it cope with, and make sense, of their experiences. The primary themes of this research were children’s general understandings and perceptions of domestic violence; including whether they see
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Research Violence Against Women
Evaluation of The Movement Project: A Violence Prevention Programme for Men – An Internal Report
This is the report of a CWASU evaluation of the Movement Project, based at the Cassel Centre, South London, which was established in the mid-1990s. During the evaluation period it provided a mix of group-based and one-to-one work with men who have been violent towards their partners. Three main types
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Research Violence Against Women Young People
Young People’s Attitudes Towards Violence, Sex and Relationships: A Survey and Focus Group Study
This study investigated young people’s attitudes towards violence, sex and relationships drawing upon a large-scale survey of 2,039 young people (mostly aged between 14 and 21), and ten in-depth focus groups. The study findings highlight the extent to which violence against women is tolerated by young people and documents widespread
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Evaluation Research
Research and Evaluation: An Internal Briefing Document
This paper acts as a guide for anyone who is intending to conduct an evaluation of the Zero Tolerance (ZT) Public Awareness Campaign or to commission any other research in relation to this Campaign. It provides a range of information directed at potential ZT evaluators/researchers, including: a discussion of the
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Domestic Violence Research Violence Against Women
Survey on women’s experiences of inter-personal violence – An Internal Report for Lambeth Safer Cities
Crime Audit by Lambeth Safer Cities found that women aged 17-29 form the highest number of victims of violence and crime against the person in the Borough. This and other related findings prompted a concern to extend the local knowledge base on women’s safety with regard to the extent, type
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Children Domestic Violence Policy Support Projects
Review of the position of and provision for children in English refuges
This study investigated work with children in refuges for women and children experiencing domestic violence. The study also explores the effects on children of experiencing and witnessing such violence. A multi-methodological approach was adopted involving archive research, a literature review, a detailed telephone survey of all refuge groups and nine
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Research Review Young People
Review of inter-agency communication in child protection cases
This internal project explored the ways in which workers from various agencies such as the social services, police and schools communicate with each other in their work on child protection cases. It also examined the manner in which Child Protection Plans are designed and whether or not they are adhered
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Child Sexual Abuse/Exploitation Children Europe Legislation Policy
What is known about child sexual exploitation in the UK
This document arose out of the work of the European Forum for Child Welfare, drawing on papers and discussions from two European conferences on Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation held in London and Brussels in 1995. The report: summarises what is currently known about the sexual exploitation of children; documents
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Research Self Defence Violence Against Women
Making Women Safer – Or Not? An Evaluation of Hammersmith and Fulham Domestic Violence Alarm Scheme – An Internal Report
The Alarm Scheme that is evaluated in this study is one element within a broader effort by a local police force in Hammersmith and Fulham to respond in a more sensitive and focused manner to the needs of victims of crime. The Scheme began in September 1994 and involved the
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Domestic Violence Evaluation Perpetrators Support Projects
Evaluation of the Domestic Violence Intervention Project
Background There is currently no national policy on domestic violence in the UK. At the most basic level preventing violence against women in the home involves two components: increasing safety for the woman and her children in the short term, and ending the man’s violence in the longer term. DVIP