University of Jyväskylä | JYX Digital Repository

  • English  | Give feedback |
    • suomi
    • English
 
  • Login
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
View Item 
  • JYX
  • Artikkelit
  • Kokkolan yliopistokeskus Chydenius
  • View Item
JYX > Artikkelit > Kokkolan yliopistokeskus Chydenius > View Item

Assessing violence in the family : social work, courts, and discourses

ThumbnailFinal Draft
View/Open
73.00Kb

Downloads:  
Show download detailsHide download details  
Hiitola, J., & Hautanen, T. (2017). Assessing violence in the family : social work, courts, and discourses. Nordic Social Work Research, 7 (1), 30-41. doi:10.1080/2156857X.2016.1195434
Published in
Nordic Social Work Research
Authors
Hiitola, Johanna |
Hautanen, Teija
Date
2017
Discipline
Sosiaalityö
Copyright
© 2016 Routledge.This is a final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published by Routledge. Published in this repository with the kind permission of the publisher.

 
This article investigates social work, decision-making, and gendered violence in the family in Finland. Discourses on gendered violence in the family are compared in custody disputes, handled in district courts, and out-of-home placements, dealt with in administrative courts. Both data sets altogether include 237 cases. Proceedings in both courts share a legislative emphasis on the ‘child’s best interest’ principle, and both contexts also rely on documentation provided by social workers. The examination of the two studies is based on discourse analysis, through which we have identified hegemonic discourses that are active in both courts. The study found that violence was often disregarded or described only vaguely in the court documents. The results suggest that the victim’s perspective is often overlooked in court decisions, and that the abuser is rarely blamed for the abuse. The discourses enable violence to be overlooked or underplayed when deciding on children’s living arrangements, since these discourses centre on either the parents’ conflicts (in both courts) or the failure of the mother to protect the child (in out-of-home placements). Furthermore, it is also important to acknowledge the experiences of the victimized parents, who in these studies were most often the mothers. ...
Publisher
Routledge; National Association of Social Workers
ISSN Search the Publication Forum
2156-857X
Keywords
discourse analysis out-of-home placement custody dispute gendered violence child’s best interest
DOI
10.1080/2156857X.2016.1195434
URI

http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201705302570

Metadata
Show full item record
Collections
  • Kokkolan yliopistokeskus Chydenius [164]
  • Browse materials
  • Browse materials
  • Articles
  • Conferences and seminars
  • Electronic books
  • Historical maps
  • Journals
  • Tunes and musical notes
  • Photographs
  • Presentations and posters
  • Publication series
  • Research reports
  • Research data
  • Study materials
  • Theses

Browse

All of JYXCollection listBy Issue DateAuthorsSubjectsPublished inDepartmentDiscipline

My Account

Login

Statistics

View Usage Statistics
  • How to publish in JYX?
  • Self-archiving
  • Publish Your Thesis Online
  • Publishing Your Dissertation
  • Publication services

Open Science at the JYU
 
Data Protection Description

Accessibility Statement
Open Science Centre