Citation

Jeffries S, Field R, Bond CEW. Psychiatry Psychol. Law. 2015; 22(6): 800-813.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13218719.2015.1015204

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Increasingly, domestic violence is being treated as a child protection issue, and children affected by domestic violence are recognised as experiencing a form of child abuse. Domestic violence protection order legislation - as a key legal response to domestic violence - may offer an important legal option for the protection of children affected by domestic violence. In this article, we consider the research that establishes domestic violence as a form of child abuse, and review the provisions of State and Territory domestic violence protection order legislation to assess whether they demonstrate an adequate focus on the protection of children.

Language: en