Citation

Wild J. J. Fam. Violence 2023; 38(7): 1391-1403.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-022-00431-4

PMID

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Abstract

This paper foregrounds the experiences of mothers involved with England's children's social care system when experiencing domestic abuse. It reports on data from a survivor-led study on domestic violence and/or abuse (DVA), involving women victim-survivors and domestic abuse practitioners. It aimed to understand how dominant discourses governing child protection work with families in which there is a perpetrator of DVA, might be revised to shift a tendency to hold mothers (solely) responsible for the protection of children as well as for their partners' abuse.

Language: en

Keywords

Child protection; Discourse analysis; Domestic violence and or abuse (DVA); Gender relations; Social work