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040 _aAFVC
100 _aOrr, Kerry
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245 _aThe psychological impact on mothers who have experienced domestic violence when navigating the family court system :
_ba scoping review
_cKerry Orr, Nicola Sheeran and Heather Douglas
260 _bTaylor & Francis,
_c2023
500 _aPsychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2023, First published online, 4 July 2023
520 _aThe 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
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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650 _aFAMILY COURT
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650 _aFAMILY VIOLENCE
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650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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650 _aMOTHERS
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_aPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS
650 4 _aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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651 _aINTERNATIONAL
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651 4 _aAUSTRALIA
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700 _aSheeran, Nicola
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700 _aDouglas, Heather
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773 0 _tPsychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2023, First published online, 4 July 2023
830 _aPsychiatry, Psychology and Law
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2214927
_zDOI: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2214927 (Open access)
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