Sen, R.N. orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-8250, Morris, K., Burford, G. et al. (2 more authors) (2018) 'When you're sitting in the room with two people one of whom.. has bashed the hell out of the other': Possibilities and challenges in the use of FGCs and restorative practice following domestic violence. Children and Youth Services Review, 88. pp. 441-449. ISSN 0190-7409
Abstract
Domestic violence continues to be a primary reason for referrals to state child welfare services in advanced industrialised countries. There is growing concern in many state child welfare services to develop responses to it that are both more effective and more humane. The use of restorative approaches, in particular Family Group Conferences (FGCs), has been suggested as one such response. This article draws from data gathered from an evaluation of a UK Government funded “Innovation Project” part of which extended the use of FGCs in an urban local authority area which was already making extensive use of them. This paper presents and explores a typology of FGCs used in situations of domestic violence: pragmatic, resolution-focussed and restorative FGCs, developed from the evaluation data and augmented by relevant literature. The study data revealed pragmatic FGCs to be the most used, restorative the least. It is suggested that each type of FGC brings potential benefits but only restorative FGCs offer the possibility of full restoration in the traditionally understood sense. It is argued that the present mother-centric, risk-adverse, child protection systems which currently operate in many countries provide a powerful resistor to the greater implementation of this restorative way of working.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Children and Youth Services Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2018 16:16 |
Last Modified: | 13 Nov 2020 09:09 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.03.027 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128922 |
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