Violent fathering and the risks to children: The need for change

Contents......Page 4
About the author......Page 5
Introduction......Page 6
The scale of the problem......Page 7
Defining domestic violence......Page 8
Domestic violence as gendered violence and coercive control......Page 9
Defining fatherhood......Page 11
Violent fathering and its impact on mothering......Page 12
Structure of the book......Page 13
The extent of fathers’ violence......Page 16
The impact of fathers’ domestic violence on children......Page 18
Children’s perspectives......Page 28
Conclusion......Page 45
Traditional private patriarchy: absolute father right......Page 48
The development of public discourses of child welfare......Page 52
Family law policies......Page 54
The New Right and father absence......Page 55
Father deprivation and father involvement discourses......Page 56
Fatherhood movements and fathers’ rights......Page 61
New Labour and the failure to recognise fathers as risks......Page 66
Government policy, domestic violence and children’s safety......Page 68
Domestic violence and safeguarding children in private law policies on separation and divorce......Page 77
Fathers as perpetrators of domestic violence......Page 86
Research on violent men as fathers......Page 96
Practice perspectives......Page 102
Perpetrator programmes and children’s safety......Page 113
Parenting provision......Page 118
Introduction......Page 122
Background and summary information on violent fathers......Page 123
Summary information on mothers......Page 132
Findings from fathers’ and mothers’ accounts......Page 135
Conclusion......Page 156
Background to the programmes......Page 158
Violent fathers’ accounts of change......Page 166
Conclusion......Page 173
Children’s welfare and safeguarding......Page 174
Family law policies......Page 175
Criminal justice and policing policy and practice......Page 177
Child protection and safeguarding practices......Page 178
Conclusions......Page 184
References......Page 186
The mothers’ sample......Page 205
Interviewing strategies......Page 206
Confidentiality with violent fathers......Page 207
Physical abuse......Page 208
Financial abuse......Page 209
Abuse towards children......Page 210
Index......Page 212