A voice or a choice? Children’s views on participating in decisions about post-separation contact with domestically abusive fathers

ABSTRACT

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child explicitly calls for children to be granted the right to participate in legal proceedings that affect them. Despite this legal obligation and an evolving consensus that recognises children as social and competent actors, this rhetoric has struggled to achieve translation into meaningful practice reality, particularly when decisions are being made about contact arrangements for children where there has been a prior history of domestic violence. Drawing on the narratives of children who participated in three separate research projects in Ireland between 2009 and 2015, this paper will consider the manner in which they were involved in the decision-making process and the extent to which their views were ascertained and their voices heard. This paper concludes by raising the key question of how the child’s best interests can be served if the child’s views are not sought, heard or considered.     

家政工人劳动权益保护之监察

家政工人劳动权益保护之劳动法调整范式的缺位,折射出现代劳动法历史使命再续和逻辑延伸之客观需求。家政工人在现代社会语境中所内射出来的诸多"人像"特征,有别于传统私法视域下的"人像"。固守形式平等的私法理念不能回应和规范家政工人这一特殊群体的内在利益诉求。践行实质平等之社会法理念下的家政工人劳动权益监察制度,是国家基于社会本位的思想,对弱势家政工人劳动权益给予倾斜性保护的重要利益干预和调控机制。家政工人劳动权益监察制度是在家政工人劳动权益受劳动法保护模式下的必设性制度。家政工人劳动权益保护监察制度与劳动监察制度在制度接轨时必须考量二者之一般性和特殊性。     

Understanding a New Typology of Batterers: Implications for Treatment

This article reviews early theories of the phenomenology of battering as well as more recent empirical research on batterer personality and behavioral characteristics. These studies yielded inconsistent findings. Most recently, Chiffriller and Hennessy (Chiffriller, 2002; Chiffriller & Hennessy, in press) conducted an extensive study that attempted to expand and correct for the methodological limitations of previous research. Cluster analysis yielded five distinct profiles of men who batter women. Based on the behavioral and personality characteristics that defined each cluster, the following five labels were chosen: (a) pathological batterers, (b) sexually violent batterers, (c) generally violent batterers, and (d) psychologically violent batterers, and (e) family-only batterers. These five profiles, and the implications for understanding battering and developing appropriate interventions, are discussed.     

国际间国内生产总值比较中的若干问题探讨

国内生产总值(GDP)是反映一国所有常住单位在核算期内生产活动最终成果的总量指标,是所有经济分析和国际间比较研究中使用频率最高的一个重要指标。我国的国内生产总值指标无论在生产范围、总产出及其估价、中间消耗及其估价等方面还是在计算方法方面都与SNA(1993年版)核算体系中的该指标有所不同,因此,在国际间比较GDP指标时应慎重。     

夫妻间暴力侵权婚内赔偿制度探析

我国婚姻法规定,夫妻间因实施家庭暴力导致离婚时,无过错方有权请求暴力损害赔偿,但当事人不起诉离婚则不能向法院单独提起暴力侵权损害赔偿诉讼。实践中夫妻间发生的暴力侵权行为,并不必然导致夫妻离婚,若因此而剥夺受损害方要求对方承担民事责任的诉权,既不符合我国法律精神,也对婚姻家庭的稳定与和谐不利。故本文针对婚内夫妻间暴力侵权损害赔偿制度建立的必要性及婚内暴力损害赔偿请求权的行使进行探析,以期对制裁和预防家庭暴力行为、保护社会主义婚姻家庭关系有所裨益。     

COMMON COUPLE AGGRESSION:

Based on the experience of finding low-level partner aggression in most couples disputing custody/access arrangements, I reviewed the literature on the incidence of common couple aggression and the impact of parental conflict on children. The pervasiveness of this pattern of interparental maltreatment and its potentially negative effects on children's behavior and emotional development underlay the importance of investigating these issues with such disputing families. The integration of several existing models for clinical-forensic evaluation and recommendations was proposed.     

报道家庭暴力:新闻专业主义给中国媒体的借鉴与思考

在中国反对家庭暴力行动兴起的背景下,如何对中国家暴进行合理有效的新闻报道是动员全社会投入反家暴的瓶颈之一,也是新兴的研究课题。在家暴问题的报道方式上,本文对西方新闻专业主义旗舰《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》和跨文化地区香港《南华早报》的相关实践作出分析,同时对中国内地媒体提出了本土化报道家庭暴力的策略建议。