Risk Factors for Children in Situations of Family Violence in the Context of Separation and Divorce

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Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• 1. The prevalence and impact of family violence during parental separation and divorce
  • 1.1 Prevalence
  • 1.2 Harm related to separation/divorce
  • 1.3 Impacts of exposure to family violence on children
• 2. Risk factors for child harm in the context of family violence and parental separation/divorce
  • 2.1 Separation and divorce as a unique risk factor
  • 2.2 Factors increasing children’s risk of harm from family violence prior to or post-parental separation
    • 2.2.1 Child exposure to domestic violence as a critical risk factor
    • 2.2.2 General Child Risk Factors
    • 2.2.3 General Parental Factors
      • 2.2.3.1 Factors commonly associated with mothers
      • 2.2.3.2 Factors commonly associated with fathers
      • 2.2.3.3 Factors commonly associated with both parents
    • 2.2.4 Community, Societal and Cultural factors
• 3. Protective factors
  • 3.1 Separation and divorce as a protective factor
  • 3.2 Other general protective factors
• 4. Critical points of intervention during separation
  • 4.1 Separation and disclosure of child maltreatment and domestic violence
  • 4.2 Three points of intervention
• 5. Risk assessment strategies and tools
  • 5.1 Assessment process
  • 5.2 False allegations and parental alienation
  • 5.3 Who assesses?
  • 5.4 Assessment tools
  • 5.5 Domestic violence tools
  • 5.6 Child maltreatment tools
  • 5.7 Choosing a risk assessment tool
  • 5.8 Overlapping assessment for child maltreatment and exposure to domestic violence
  • 5.9 One approach to understanding risk and developing interventions
• 6. Link between risk assessment and risk management
• 7. Promising practices
  • 7.1 Parenting programs to prevent family violence
  • 7.2 Secondary responder programs for perpetrators of domestic violence
  • 7.3 Integrated court for families
  • 7.4 Advocacy for abuse victims and their children dealing with the family court
• 8. Summary
• References
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
• Appendix D

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