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

Citation

Morrison F & Wasoff F (2012) Child Contact Centers and Domestic Abuse: Victim Safety and the Challenge to Neutrality. Violence Against Women, 18 (6), pp. 711-720. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801212454257

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.

Keywords
child contact; domestic abuse; family law; social policy

Journal
Violence Against Women: Volume 18, Issue 6