Child Contact Centers and Domestic Abuse: Victim Safety and the Challenge to Neutrality

• NCJ Number: 240096
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 18 Issue: 6 Dated: June 2012 Pages: 711-720
• Author(s): Fiona Morrison; Fran Wasoff
• Date Published: June 2012
• Length: 10 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined child contact with a nonresident father who has perpetrated domestic abuse.

Abstract

Child contact with a nonresident father who has perpetrated domestic abuse has gained policy and research attention. Both feminist social policy and family law research identify the role child contact centers can play in facilitating contact in these circumstances. Drawing from a literature review carried out by the authors, this article examines the priorities that underpin feminist social policy and family law disciplines and how these manifest in research on contact centers and domestic abuse. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.