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View article: The impact of Covid-19 on recovery after sexual violence and abuse: Voices of help-seeking survivors and those individuals working within specialist support services in England
The impact of Covid-19 on recovery after sexual violence and abuse: Voices of help-seeking survivors and those individuals working within specialist support services in England Open
We examined the impact of Covid-19 on service delivery within specialist sexual violence services and the healing journeys of survivors of sexual violence and abuse through the experiences of 22 professionals and 221 service users in Engla…
View article: Breaking the Silence: Addressing Domestic Abuse in Mental Health Settings—Identification, Screening, and Responding
Breaking the Silence: Addressing Domestic Abuse in Mental Health Settings—Identification, Screening, and Responding Open
Individuals experiencing domestic abuse (DA) struggle to disclose victimization, but as frequent users of mental health services, this is a pivotal setting for identification and addressing DA. This systematic review of 20 studies investig…
View article: Health and wellbeing of survivors of sexual violence and abuse attending sexual assault referral centres in England: the MESARCH mixed-methods evaluation
Health and wellbeing of survivors of sexual violence and abuse attending sexual assault referral centres in England: the MESARCH mixed-methods evaluation Open
Background One million people in England and Wales experience sexual violence and abuse each year, with nearly half experiencing serious sexual offences; around 30,000 survivors access sexual assault referral centres. Objectives This resea…
View article: ‘It's the judicial equivalent of robbing Peter to pay Paul’—The implementation gap in section 28 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
‘It's the judicial equivalent of robbing Peter to pay Paul’—The implementation gap in section 28 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 Open
Section 28, the last of the special measures under the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 to be implemented, was rolled out across England and Wales between 2020 and 2022. This allows vulnerable and/or intimidated witnesses and c…
View article: Assessing the co-occurrence of intimate partner violence domains across the life-course: relating typologies to mental health
Assessing the co-occurrence of intimate partner violence domains across the life-course: relating typologies to mental health Open
The inter-generational transmission of violence (ITV) hypothesis and polyvictimisation have been studied extensively. The extant evidence suggests that individuals from violent families are at increased risk of subsequent intimate partner …
View article: Nonconsensual Sharing of Private Sexually Explicit Media Among University Students
Nonconsensual Sharing of Private Sexually Explicit Media Among University Students Open
This research was the first in the United Kingdom to examine the prevalence and nature of nonconsensual sharing of sexually explicit messages, pictures, and videos and to examine whether this varies according to gender and by role (i.e., p…
View article: Staff and offender perspectives of Integrated Offender Management and the impact of its introduction on arrests and risk of reoffending in one police force region
Staff and offender perspectives of Integrated Offender Management and the impact of its introduction on arrests and risk of reoffending in one police force region Open
The Integrated Offender Management (IOM) framework was introduced in England and Wales in 2009. The aims of the research outlined in this paper were to examine the impact of the introduction of an IOM approach in one large police force reg…
View article: Factor Structure and Validation of the Controlling Behaviors Scale–Revised and Revised Conflict Tactics Scale
Factor Structure and Validation of the Controlling Behaviors Scale–Revised and Revised Conflict Tactics Scale Open
Recently, more attention is being paid to controlling behaviors within a continuum of intimate partner violence and abuse. However, it is unclear whether current scales are sufficiently valid to measure such behaviors. The current study as…
View article: The Process of Primary Desistance From Intimate Partner Violence
The Process of Primary Desistance From Intimate Partner Violence Open
This study examined the interaction between structure and agency for individuals in the first or early phase of primary desistance (1 year offending free) from intimate partner violence (IPV). Narrative accounts of perpetrators, survivors,…
View article: Understanding the factors that predict victim retraction in police reported allegations of intimate partner violence.
Understanding the factors that predict victim retraction in police reported allegations of intimate partner violence. Open
Objective: A large number of victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), who report their victimization to the police, subsequently either retract or disengage from the police investigation. Given that we have a very limited understanding …