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Multi-agency risk assessment and management for children and families experiencing domestic violence

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  • Stanley, Nicky
  • Humphreys, Cathy

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This paper explores risk assessment and management in relation to children and families experiencing domestic violence; in particular, the communication and collaboration between child protection services, the police and independent domestic violence services. Four key themes structure our analysis of the challenges of risk assessment and management in this field: the question of who is the primary client and the focus of risk assessment; the issue of how the information to inform risk assessment is organised, including how it is collected, the tools that are employed, and the context in which information is collected; the position of the child, mother and father and whether risk is assessed and managed with them or to them; and the relationship between risk assessment and risk management, specifically whether risk management is restricted to families where levels of danger are identified as high or whether there are opportunities for support and safety planning for families where the risk is assessed as low. Finally, the paper examines some of the mechanisms that have developed as a means of resolving these issues, describing approaches to multi-agency risk assessment and management in this field that have emerged in both the UK and Australia and drawing on a range of studies undertaken by the authors.

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  • Stanley, Nicky & Humphreys, Cathy, 2014. "Multi-agency risk assessment and management for children and families experiencing domestic violence," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 47(P1), pages 78-85.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:47:y:2014:i:p1:p:78-85
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.06.003
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    1. Hoyle, Carolyn, 2008. "Will she be safe? A critical analysis of risk assessment in domestic violence cases," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(3), pages 323-337, March.
    2. Devaney, John & Spratt, Trevor, 2009. "Child abuse as a complex and wicked problem: Reflecting on policy developments in the United Kingdom in working with children and families with multiple problems," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(6), pages 635-641, June.
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