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Gove slams SCR into 'torture' case for failure of analysis
Michael Gove has slammed the serious case review into the 'torture' of two boys by two looked-after children for failing to adequately analyse what went wrong, after a redacted version of the overview report was published today.
29 March 2012
Domestic violence definition to include victims aged under 18
Campaigners have hailed government proposals to widen the definition of domestic violence to include victims aged under 18 and those who have experienced ongoing controlling behaviour from partners.
14 December 2011
Research: working with fathers with a history of domestic violence
Social work academic Dr Kieron Hatton examines research on social work with fathers who have carried out domestic violence
13 October 2011
Better information-sharing could have saved girl, finds SCR
The death of a five-year-old girl might have been prevented if there had been better information-sharing between agencies, a serious case review has found. Gabrielle Grady, aged five, died after her father, Chris Grady, deliberately drove a car in which she and her younger brother, Ryan, two, were passengers into a river in Worcestershire in February 2010.
11 October 2011
Research: assessing risk in domestic violence cases
Community Care Inform looks at the implications of research into specialist domestic violence risk assessment for safeguarding and family court work. By Thangam Debbonaire
30 September 2011
Domestic violence cuts put 200,000 children at risk
Budget cuts could leave up to 200,000 child victims of domestic violence at risk of long-term mental health problems and some at risk of death, sector leaders have warned.
20 April 2011
Teen domestic violence not child abuse, say police chiefs
Teenage girls suffering domestic violence should receive adult victim support rather than child protection services, according to the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
18 April 2011
Women 'face abuse trap' by migration rules change
Some migrant women may become trapped in abusive relationships because of changes in government immigration rules, lawyers have warned.
15 April 2011
Domestic violence services under threat
Spending cuts and the government's localism agenda are combining to threaten the future of many domestic violence services. Vern Pitt asks how bad things have to get
15 April 2011
Domestic violence advisers help keep victims safe – at home
A West Sussex initiative is keeping victims of domestic violence in their own homes safely rather than directing them to refuges, reports Natalie Valios
15 April 2011
Are child victims of domestic violence being forgotten?
Higher intervention thresholds allied with the government's reductions in public spending are causing alarm among child protection professionals. Natalie Valios reports
14 April 2011
Tackling social workers' anti-men attitudes
There is no shortage of research highlighting the importance of fathers in their children's lives. But Gavin Swann admits that, for most of his career as a social worker, he held negative and prejudicial views about the men who featured in his cases.
15 April 2011
Domestic violence: Why does she stay? A question loaded with assumptions
Why does she stay? That is the wrong question to ask about domestic violence and is based on several false assumptions.
14 April 2011
SCR-style reviews to probe domestic violence deaths
Professionals will have to learn the lessons from domestic violence killings under requirements to hold serious case review-style probes that come into force today.
13 April 2011
Teenage girls at highest risk of domestic violence
Teenage girls are the most at risk of domestic abuse of any age group, according to the British Crime Survey.
13 April 2011
Council cuts leave most women's refuges facing closure
More than 70,000 domestic violence victims may be at risk because cuts have left most refuges and outreach services facing closure, a Women's Aid survey has revealed.
Picture: Rex Features
08 March 2011
90% of violent fathers in close touch with their children
Nearly 90% of fathers guilty of multiple incidents of domestic violence remain in close contact with their children, according to a study of children's services involvement with domestically abusive fathers, published today.
03 February 2011
Risk Factor: A cry for help
Episodes of extreme domestic violence present a huge challenge to social workers with the protection of the client, and of themselves, requiring a multi-disciplinary, team effort.
13 December 2003
Research: Police notifications of domestic violence incidents
The police notify social services when they attend a domestic violence incident. Jo Finch reviews research on what happens next
05 November 2010
Axe hangs over specific grants, putting vital services at risk
In the first of three articles on the imminent spending review, Jeremy Dunning examines the value of grants targeted at specific client groups as they face the axe
01 October 2010
