Best practices in advocating for economic empowerment of impoverished intimate partner
violence (IPV) survivors require the comprehensive and holistic organization of program and …

dc. description. abstract The current evidence base indicates that both victims and
perpetrators of domestic, family and sexual violence have diverse and complex needs …

Purpose: Domestic violence poses a major challenge to social workers. Low-income
families are significantly more likely to have to contend with domestic violence, as poverty …

Higher education is an important pathway to safety for survivors of intimate partner violence
(IPV). Recent work documents tactics of school sabotage (behaviors aimed at sabotaging …

Caregivers dealing with problematic substance use pose persistent challenges for families
involved with the child welfare (CW) system. Research has indicated that receipt of …

Research and specialised practice indicate that women who are abused by their intimate
partners are at an increasing risk the longer the abuse continues. Many men show …

Interagency collaboration in domestic and family violence (DFV) work is generally assumed
to be good practice. This article questions this assumption, suggesting caution in adopting …

At a time when domestic and family violence (DFV) is being cast as a national emergency,
comparable to terrorism, it is timely to review the relationship between feminist advocacy …

In recent years, there has been an increased call to refine social work curricula to better
prepare social workers to enter the field with the skills necessary to effectively respond to the …

Service providers must be aware of community resources to make referrals, and yet studies
have found providers to be less knowledgeable of services other than their own. This article …