{"id":9487,"date":"2024-09-25T20:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qpol.qub.ac.uk\/?p=9487"},"modified":"2024-09-25T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T19:37:15","slug":"domestic-abuse-survivors-experiences-family-courts-ni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/domestic-abuse-survivors-experiences-family-courts-ni\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Paper &#8211; Domestic Abuse Survivors\u2019 Experiences of Family Courts in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Inter partner violence (IPV) is now recognised as a global public health crisis. More than 30% of women will experience IPV in their lifetime and this has significant consequences for their psychological, emotional and physical well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separating from an abusive partner is considered a solution, however up to 90% of women report stalking, harassment and continued abuse post separation. In fact, post separation is known to be one of the most dangerous times for a domestic abuse survivor. Leaving the relationship is often a complex and protracted process. This is particularly true for mothers who face the additional challenge of then navigating child custody\/contact proceedings in our Family Courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this being an already stressful and vulnerable time, research indicates that contact\/court proceedings may further serve to victimize and retraumatise survivors and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the policy paper <a href=\"https:\/\/qpol.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Katrina-McLaughlin-Policy-paper-12-Final-Version-2.pdf\">by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr Katrina McLaughlin, School of Psychology, Queen\u2019s University Belfast; Rosalyn Millar, School of Psychology, Queen\u2019s University Belfast; and Caoilfhionn Hardy, Southern Trust and Women\u2019s Aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2417,"featured_media":9493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-and-society"],"mb":[],"acf":{"authors":{"simple_value_formatted":"<ul><li><a class=\"post-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/authors\/kevin-fearon\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kevin Fearon<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","value_formatted":[9363],"value":["9363"],"field":{"ID":9774,"key":"field_66d0cbf58f930","label":"Authors","name":"authors","aria-label":"","prefix":"acf","type":"relationship","value":null,"menu_order":1,"instructions":"","required":0,"id":"","class":"","conditional_logic":0,"parent":9772,"wrapper":{"width":"","class":"","id":""},"post_type":["authors"],"post_status":["publish"],"taxonomy":"","filters":["search"],"return_format":"id","min":0,"max":10,"allow_in_bindings":0,"elements":["featured_image"],"bidirectional":0,"bidirectional_target":[],"_name":"authors","_valid":1}},"description":{"simple_value_formatted":"","value_formatted":"","value":"","field":{"ID":9776,"key":"field_66d2183027749","label":"Description","name":"description","aria-label":"","prefix":"acf","type":"wysiwyg","value":null,"menu_order":3,"instructions":"","required":0,"id":"","class":"","conditional_logic":0,"parent":9772,"wrapper":{"width":"","class":"","id":""},"default_value":"","allow_in_bindings":0,"tabs":"all","toolbar":"basic","media_upload":0,"delay":1,"_name":"description","_valid":1}}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2024\/09\/Katrina-McLoughlin-cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_featured_media_url","jetpack_sharing_enabled","amp_enabled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9487\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors\/9363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}