Other Articles or Reports
2008
This report describes the findings of our research on the issue of “failure to protect” in situations where women are abused by their partners and their children are exposed to intimate partner violence. We conducted focus groups with 29 child protection and transition house workers and service providers in the Acadian Peninsula, New Brunswick, to examine current knowledge and practice in situations of child exposure and intimate partner violence. We also interviewed ten women who had been involved with child protection to learn about their experiences of abuse, mothering, and child protection intervention.
This report makes a series of recommendations for changes to policy and practice that, if followed, would significantly improve child protection and community intervention with women, children, and families and the lives of abused women and their children. Like other studies on child exposure, intimate partner violence and “failure to protect”, this research urges that communities and governments take the issue of intimate partner violence seriously and act in concert not only to provide adequate services and resources for abused women and their children but to hold men accountable for their violence.
2007
- Understanding the impact of intimate partner violence: Helping police officers to better intervene - by Elizabeth Blaney, PhD & Deputy Chief Leanne Fitch. Canadian Police Chief Magazine, Fall, 2007, 25-28. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Canadian Police Chief magazine, published by Naylor (Canada), Inc. for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
- Intimate Partner Violence - Training for Police Officers as a Component of Effective Justice Response -by Elizabeth Blaney, PhD & Deputy Chief Leanne Fitch. Article in the International Association of Women Police Magazine, Winter 2007, Vol. 41/4. p. 34-36.
2005
- Connecting Social Determinants of Health and Woman Abuse: A Discussion Paper - by Carmen Gill, Ph.D. and Luc Thériault, Ph.D., University of New Brunswick
2003
- The Health Effects of Family Violence - was prepared for the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence by Deborah Doherty, Ph.D., on behalf of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre, Centre for Family Violence Research, Fredericton, New Brunswick (August 2002)
