Domestic violence and natural disasters
Sety, Megan
Domestic violence and natural disasters Megan Sety - Sydney, N.S.W. Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2012 - electronic document (10 p.); PDF file (608.75 KB) - ADFVC thematic review .
ADFVC thematic review, February 2012, no.3
Note - ADFVC papers have been archived by National Library of Australia. If this link fails, please contact NZFVC or ANROWS to obtain this paper. This paper examines the common themes of studies which address issues relating to domestic violence and natural disasters: measuring domestic violence during and after a disaster; understanding what ‘causes’ the increase in violence
after a disaster; vulnerability, impacts and recovery for individual victims; impacts, responses and recovery of organisations; and preparedness and planning for the increase in service needs of domestic violence victims. This paper also includes a discussion of what changes have occurred in the last decade in understanding and responding to increased domestic violence after natural disasters. This is a short paper in the ADFVC's Thematic Review series. Thse provide a short summary of key literary sources on a single topic, drawing out overarching themes.
The New Zealand research conducted by Rosalind Houghton is included in this review. Search on Natural disasters to find her papers and thesis in the NZFVC Library.
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COMMUNITIES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILIES
GENDER
INTERVENTION
NATURAL DISASTERS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
Domestic violence and natural disasters Megan Sety - Sydney, N.S.W. Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2012 - electronic document (10 p.); PDF file (608.75 KB) - ADFVC thematic review .
ADFVC thematic review, February 2012, no.3
Note - ADFVC papers have been archived by National Library of Australia. If this link fails, please contact NZFVC or ANROWS to obtain this paper. This paper examines the common themes of studies which address issues relating to domestic violence and natural disasters: measuring domestic violence during and after a disaster; understanding what ‘causes’ the increase in violence
after a disaster; vulnerability, impacts and recovery for individual victims; impacts, responses and recovery of organisations; and preparedness and planning for the increase in service needs of domestic violence victims. This paper also includes a discussion of what changes have occurred in the last decade in understanding and responding to increased domestic violence after natural disasters. This is a short paper in the ADFVC's Thematic Review series. Thse provide a short summary of key literary sources on a single topic, drawing out overarching themes.
The New Zealand research conducted by Rosalind Houghton is included in this review. Search on Natural disasters to find her papers and thesis in the NZFVC Library.
in
COMMUNITIES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILIES
GENDER
INTERVENTION
NATURAL DISASTERS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND