Summary

Domestic and family violence remains a significant challenge to family wellbeing. The risk of serious harm from domestic and family violence is disproportionally carried by women and children, yet often the complex reality of family life means that many families have ongoing contact with their abusers. Responses to this problem are frequently siloed across child protection and specialist domestic violence services, leading to a lack of holistic intervention. More recently, there has been increased attention on addressing the role and behavior of abusive fathers, especially where fathers remain in families or have ongoing contact postseparation through coparenting. This paper offers a systemic approach for understanding and addressing such amilies.

Findings

An integrated theoretical framework is proposed, which draws together key tenets of feminism, family violence, and intersectional theories within a systems-oriented model. It frames families, inclusive of fathers, within their eco-social contexts, highlighting factors that exacerbate domestic and family violence, and those that increase family safety, which has strong applications for social work practice.

Applications

An integrated theoretical framework offers an approach for social workers for understanding domestic and family violence in a broad-based and holistic manner, and for developing coordinated family focused interventions while concurrently addressing related child welfare concerns and family safety. A range of considerations for case management of families are explored, which, while relevant to most intact families or those who have continuing contact with perpetrators, holds particular relevance for marginalized families that present with complex needs and experiences of disadvantage.

中文翻译：

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解决家庭暴力的多理论视角：支持父亲无害地为人父母

概括

家庭暴力仍然是对家庭福祉的重大挑战。妇女和儿童不成比例地承受家庭暴力造成严重伤害的风险，但家庭生活的复杂现实往往意味着许多家庭与施虐者保持着持续的联系。对这个问题的回应经常孤立于儿童保护和专业的家庭暴力服务，导致缺乏整体干预。最近，人们越来越关注解决虐待父亲的角色和行为，特别是在父亲留在家庭中或通过共同抚养而在分居后持续接触的情况下。本文提供了一种理解和解决此类问题的系统方法。

发现

提出了一个综合的理论框架，它将女权主义、家庭暴力和交叉理论的关键原则汇集在一个面向系统的模型中。它将家庭（包括父亲在内）纳入其生态社会背景，突出了加剧家庭暴力和家庭安全的因素，这些因素在社会工作实践中具有很强的应用。

应用

综合理论框架为社会工作者提供了一种方法，可以以广泛和整体的方式理解家庭暴力，并制定协调的以家庭为重点的干预措施，同时解决相关的儿童福利问题和家庭安全问题。探讨了家庭案件管理的一系列考虑因素，这些考虑因素虽然与大多数完整的家庭或与肇事者持续接触的家庭有关，但对于存在复杂需求和处于不利地位的边缘化家庭尤其重要。