TY - SER AU - Howard, Jo TI - Adolescent violence in the home : : the missing link in family violence prevention and response PY - 2011/// CY - Sydney, NSW PB - Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, KW - FAMILY VIOLENCE KW - ADOLESCENTS KW - BEHAVIOUR CHANGE KW - GENDER KW - INTERVENTION KW - JUSTICE KW - PARENT ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP KW - PARENTAL ABUSE KW - PREVALENCE KW - RISK FACTORS KW - YOUNG PEOPLE KW - AUSTRALIA N1 - ADFVC stakeholder paper, 2011, no. 11 N2 - Key points: • Adolescent violence in the home is a form of family violence, frequently resulting from children’s experience of family violence and manifesting as the perpetration of violence against parents and other family members when they reach adolescence. • Most incidents of violence are committed by male adolescents against mothers. • Male adolescents who use violence against mothers may progress to using violence against women as adults. • The current service system response is frequently parent/mother/victim blaming. • There is lack of clarity as to how the service system and criminal justice system understand and respond to this violence. • There is merit in adapting current Australian approaches to adult family violence to address adolescent violence in the home through a coordinated community response involving police, youth justice and community services. • One model, Step UP, used across the United States is discussed. This model shows promising results in supporting adolescent violence behaviour change and increasing victim safety. (from the paper). This paper has been archived by the National Library of Australia. Record #4630 UR - http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/93593/20110823-0001/stakeholder_paper_11.pdf ER -