The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics
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Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective, this text offers a view that takes into account the complex ways in which a batterer's abusive and controlling behaviors are woven into the fabric of daily life
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Because a partner who abuses the other parent may also abuse children, separation may increase risk of harm to children.
“Further, because the same person who abuses one’s partner in a household may also abuse their children (Bancroft et al., 2012), separation may involve an increased risk of harm to the children (Hayes, 2017).”
From Coercive Control in the Courtroom: the Legal Abuse Scale (LAS) (2023) · cites this paper as Bancroft et al., 2012
Threat of losing child custody or visitation to an abusive partner is highly distressing for survivor-mothers because they may lose care time and fear for children's safety with an abusive parent.
“The threat of losing child custody and visitation to an abusive partner can be highly distressing for survivor-mothers, not only because of the possibility that they will lose cherished care time with their children, but also because many abusive partners are also abusive parents, and survivor-mothers often fear for the safety of their children when their children are in the care of an abusive”
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- Authors
- Bancroft, L., Silverman, J., & Ritchie, D.
- ORCID
- Silverman, Jay
- Venue
- Sage eBooks
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc.
- Published
- 2012
- OpenAlex
- W1562940268
- Cited by
- 443
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 31.56
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sage eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- domestic violence, intimate partner violence, batterers, parenting, family dynamics, abusive behavior, controlling behavior, everyday life
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