000			02780nab a2200385Ia 4500
001			26538
005			20250625151249.0
008			110331s1998 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
082	0		_a362.8292 MOS
100			_aMossman, Pauline _91766
245			_aEndangered in our midst : _bthe children involved in police attended family violence in Rotorua _cMossman, Pauline
260			_aWellington _bVictoria University of Wellington _c1998
300			_a60 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aPaper completed towards Masters Degree (applied) in Social Work, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington.
520			_aThis paper is based on research resulting from the collation of twelve months of police domestic violence call-out data (ending July 1997) for incidents in the Rotorua Police Precinct where children were present. The goal of the study was to find out how many children were being affected by police attended domestic violence, and to profile this group from the data collected by the police at the time of incident. From a sample of 398 children the author found that over half were less than four years of age and one third were known to Rotorua Children, Young Persons and their Families Service. The complainants and perpetrators of the violence were mainly Maori from low socio-economic circumstances. Alcohol was, contrary to the author's hypothesis, present in less than half of these incidents. In 45% of cases physical harm to a complainant occurred. These domestic violence incidents were also geographically analysed. A literature search by the author supported the understanding that children (including infants) are at risk of physical and psychological harm when present during family violence incidents. However, support was not generally sought for children present at the incidents studied. The author concludes by suggesting that intervention is required at several levels: economic, iwi involvement, prevention and early intervention, and the establishment of clear agency protocols so that children can be attended to as victims in their own right.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aADOLESCENTS _943
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN AT RISK _9131
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aEMOTIONAL ABUSE _9222
650	2	7	_aINFANTS _9313
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	4	_aPSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE _9472
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSURVIVORS _9593
650	2	7	_2FVC _aVICTIMS _9622
650	2	7	_9357 _aMĀORI _2FVC
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	7	_9130 _aCHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE _2FVC
651	2	4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
942			_2ddc _cBRIEFING
999			_c3293 _d3293