http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/ Latest Articles Web Feed from Journal of Family Studies http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2394 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2395 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2396 Informal observations in Australian refuge/shelter services suggest that culturally and linguistically diverse women and children are over-represented in crisis rather than early intervention services. This observation includes Vietnamese women and children escaping intimate partner violence (IPV). There is limited research on the prevalence or 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2397 The spread of HIV in Papua New Guinea is influenced by the social and cultural context. This study has aimed to develop knowledge about the different forms of domestic violence experienced by PNG women and their HIV status, and to give women a voice by asking them about their experiences of violence and their recommendations for services and communit 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2398 Australian women killed by their partners have often been understood to come from backgrounds of poverty and marginalization. However, it has become clear that a number of more affluent women also fall victim to intimate partner homicide. Notwithstanding their socio-economic status, it seems that women victims of lethal violence lack the power to 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2399 As well as verbal disputes and physical aggression, relationship conflict between couples may take a non-verbal non-physical form. Little research exists on this aspect of couple conflict especially in the context of families with children. This qualitative exploratory study was designed to begin addressing this gap and to provide a foundation fo 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2400 Historically, the chasm between services for women and services for children has been problematised in the domestic and family violence arena. However, this paper argues that it is now equally, or more problematic, that the recognition of harm to children in the context of domestic and family violence has 'grafted' statutory child prote 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2401 Australian Indigenous experiences of family and sexual violence have received much media and government attention since 2006. Three state government reports into the problem have been published in this time. These reports highlighted the disproportionate incidence of sexual assault and family violence within Indigenous communities and the many comp 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2402 In this article I address the issue of support for decision making in cases of alleged violence in Australian family courts. I focus first on results from a 2007 Australian Institute of Family Studies Research Report, which examined cases of violence and abuse alleged prior to the implementation of the Commonwealth Government's 2006 Family Law 2008-10-15 00:00:00 http://jfs.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/14/issue/2-3/article/2403 This comment discusses the historical development of social attitudes, social science research, and approaches in the justice system towards allegations of spousal and child abuse. Until relatively recently, victims of child abuse and spousal violence were largely ignored by the justice system, mental health professionals and social science rese 2008-10-15 00:00:00