TY  - SER
AU  - Orr, Kerry
AU  - Sheeran, Nicola
AU  - Douglas, Heather
TI  - The psychological impact on mothers who have experienced domestic violence when navigating the family court system : : a scoping review
PY  - 2023///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - FAMILY COURT
KW  - FAMILY VIOLENCE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - MOTHERS
KW  - PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
N1  - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2023, First published online, 4 July 2023
N2  - The aim of this scoping review was to synthesise the literature to identify what the psychological impacts of family court processes were on mothers who had experienced DFV. Twenty-five articles met inclusion criteria with four themes capturing the findings: Perpetrators using the system as a mode of coercive control; Secondary victimisation as a result of interacting with the system; Required to relive their abuse; and, Long-term psychological consequences of having engaged with the system. Key findings were that perpetrators manipulated the system to perpetrate further abuse and continue/reassert their control. Secondary re-victimisation was common, with poor knowledge of DFV and limited understanding of coercive control tactics and how these were employed by perpetrators by legal professionals identified as contributing factors. This review suggests that mothers who engage with the family court system experience a range of short- and long-term psychological impacts and court processes facilitate ongoing abuse by the perpetrator. (Authors' abstract). Record #8304
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2214927
ER  -