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In the early 1980s the subject of violence in marriage was in
danger of being overlooked once again, as new social problems
dominated the political scene, and the Government pursued policies
of retrenchment that were likely to deprive refuges of the
necessary central government support. Yet improvements in the
services for victims of marital violence were still urgently
needed, as this study shows. Originally published in 1983, this
book is based on research into the way practitioners in the
medical, legal, and social services viewed marriage and violence at
the time. It examines marital violence from a number of
perspectives. Taking samples from groups of doctors, solicitors,
social workers, health visitors, and women's aid refuges, the
authors have investigated the ways in which different agencies and
practitioners respond to the problem of marital violence. They use
a combination of statistical evidence and interviews with
practitioners and the victims themselves to build up a picture of
the extent of the problem - how it is defined, how much comes to
the attention of the public services - and of the ways in which the
attitudes and professional status of the practitioners form a
response that is in varying degrees adequate or otherwise to deal
with the problems that exist. The authors produce evidence to show
that marital violence is still widespread, though largely hidden
because of the way privacy determines family relationships. They
show how present provisions are inadequate to deal with the
problem, and make recommendations about ways of improving the
services available to help battered women.
Professor Nigel Lowe is the leading expert in international family
law, with a world-wide reputation for his work in child law,
international family relocation and child abduction. His career,
spanning more than 40 years, has produced a huge body of literature
and is internationally influential and of particular importance
within Europe.A collaborative effort by members of the judiciary,
practitioners and fellow academics from both the United Kingdom and
other jurisdictions International and National Perspectives on
Child and Family Law is a recognition of the impact of his work. It
covers key issues in international child and family law including
those in which Professor Lowe's work has been particularly
influential, namely adoption, wardship, parental responsibility,
children's rights, international family relocation and the 1980
Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.International and
transnational family law has been a developing field of study and a
growing area of legal practice over recent years. At a time of
great international change and with the complications and
implications of Brexit, this book covers many of the key issues in
family law today and provides the reader with an exploration of
possible future developments in the field.
After years of research and reflection on the work of the
interdisciplinary family justice system Mervyn Murch offers a fresh
approach to supporting the thousands of children every year who
experience a complex form of bereavement following parental
separation and divorce. This stressful family change, combined with
the loss of support due to austerity cuts, can damage their
education, well-being, mental health and long-term life chances.
Murch argues for early preventative intervention which responds to
children's worries when they first present them, without waiting
until things have gone badly wrong. His radical proposals for
reform involve a much more coordinated and joined up approach by
schools, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support
Service, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. This book
encourages practitioners and academics to look outside their
professional silos and to see the world through the eyes of
children in crisis to enable services to offer direct support in a
manner and at a time when it is most needed.
After years of research and reflection on the work of the
interdisciplinary family justice system Mervyn Murch offers a fresh
approach to supporting the thousands of children every year who
experience a complex form of bereavement following parental
separation and divorce. This stressful family change, combined with
the loss of support due to austerity cuts, can damage their
education, well-being, mental health and long-term life chances.
Murch argues for early preventative intervention which responds to
children's worries when they first present them, without waiting
until things have gone badly wrong. His radical proposals for
reform involve a much more coordinated and joined up approach by
schools, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support
Service, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. This book
encourages practitioners and academics to look outside their
professional silos and to see the world through the eyes of
children in crisis to enable services to offer direct support in a
manner and at a time when it is most needed.
Grandparenting in divorced families is the first in-depth
exploration of grandparents' relationships with their adult
children and grandchildren in divorced families. It asks what part
grandparents might play in public policy and whether measures
should be taken to support their grandparenting role. Do
grandparents have a special role in family life that ought to be
recognised in law? This book examines grandparents' roles and
functions and gives voice to their attitudes and opinions.
Grandparenting is often represented sentimentally with too little
account taken of the diversity of attitudes and behaviour. The
study asks challenging questions about grandparents' contributions
to family life and comments on the legal and policy implications.
It includes fascinating discussion of issues such as: grandparents
who are excluded and ignored; partisan behaviour and its effect on
family relationships; communicating across the family divide;
change and continuity in grandparents' relationships with their
grandchildren. This groundbreaking book is intended for a wide
readership. Grandparents and parents in divorced families will
identify with many of the thoughts, feelings and experiences r
Drawing on a three-year multidisciplinary study of children of
divorced parents, the authors, leading academics in their fields,
present a much-needed guide to understanding the experience of
children who are experiencing parental separation. This book
provides an in-depth account of how children are actively involved
in the process of divorce and how they shape that experience. The
topics discussed include how children find out that their parents
are separating; how children tell other people about what is
happening to them and their family; how parent-child relationships
change after separation and ways in which children adapt and cope
during and immediately after their parents' divorce. The authors
show what children want and need to know as the process of divorce
unfolds and how professionals can respond appropriately to help
them to understand and adjust to their changing circumstances.
Divorcing Children addresses the weaknesses of current legislation
in family justice and suggests ways of improving the skills and
knowledge of all professionals who work with children during this
difficult period in children's lives.
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