Constituting child-to-parent violence: Lessons from England and Wales

TY - JOUR

T1 - Constituting child-to-parent violence: Lessons from England and Wales

AU - Holt, Amanda

AU - Lewis, Sam

PY - 2021/1/4

Y1 - 2021/1/4

N2 - This paper draws upon the first national study of local responses to child-to-parent violence (CPV) in England and Wales to examine emergent representations of CPV and consider their implications for children and families. Central amongst these is the Government’s depiction of CPV as a form of ‘domestic violence and abuse’. For many individuals and organizations, that term is synonymous with intimate partner violence. We contend that the resulting conflation of (and confusion between) violence by intimate partners, and by children, towards women is producing dominant representations of CPV that may have negative consequences for families. Our research with over 200 practitioners reveals the existence of subjugated knowledges of CPV, however, that provide pockets of resistance to these dominant representations.© 2021, Oxford University Press. The attached document (embargoed until 04/01/2023) is an author produced version of a paper published in BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.

AB - This paper draws upon the first national study of local responses to child-to-parent violence (CPV) in England and Wales to examine emergent representations of CPV and consider their implications for children and families. Central amongst these is the Government’s depiction of CPV as a form of ‘domestic violence and abuse’. For many individuals and organizations, that term is synonymous with intimate partner violence. We contend that the resulting conflation of (and confusion between) violence by intimate partners, and by children, towards women is producing dominant representations of CPV that may have negative consequences for families. Our research with over 200 practitioners reveals the existence of subjugated knowledges of CPV, however, that provide pockets of resistance to these dominant representations.© 2021, Oxford University Press. The attached document (embargoed until 04/01/2023) is an author produced version of a paper published in BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.

U2 - 10.1093/bjc/azaa088

DO - 10.1093/bjc/azaa088

M3 - Article

SN - 0007-0955

JO - BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY

JF - BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY

ER -