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Violent fathering and the risks to children: The need for change
Author(s): Lynne Harne (Author)
- Publisher: Policy Press
- Publication Date: 25 May 2011
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 216 pages
- ISBN-10: 184742211X
- ISBN-13: 9781847422118
Book Description
Current family policy approaches emphasise the significance of paternal involvement in children’s lives, yet there has been a silence on violent and abusive fathering in these discourses. This is the first UK book to specifically focus on violent fathering discussing original research in the context of domestic violence. Violent fathering and the risks to children examines fathers’ perceptions of their domestic violence and its impact on children, their relationships with children and their parenting practices. It looks at fathers’ reasons for wanting contact with children post-separation, abusive parenting practices during child contact and the impacts of perpetrator programmes on the fathers’ own perceptions of their abuse. It also discusses abused mothers’ perceptions of their ex-partners parenting. The author recommends ways that policy and practice can be improved in order to safeguard children in family law and child protection practice through a better understanding of the risks posed and appropriate assessment of violent fathers as parents. This book will be of interest to academics and students in family and child welfare policy, socio-legal studies, social work, criminology, gender studies and other disciplines with an interest in domestic violence and child protection. It will also be also be of considerable value to professionals working in this area.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This book is well written in an informal, accessible way, and is interesting and informative … I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in domestic violence but particularly to current and future policy makers and practitioners.” Network magazine, SPA
About the Author
Dr Lynne Harne has been researching and teaching about issues of violence against women and children for many years. She has previously been a senior lecturer in criminology and is currently an honorary research associate at the University of Bristol and a visiting lecturer at Westminster University.
