Having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the Safe at Home Program in Western Australia
This study explores women’s experiences of “Safe at Home” program introduced in Western Australia in 2010. The program provides specialist support for up to twelve months to women (with or without children) who choose to remain in their own home, without the perpetrator, following an incident of dom...
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Curtin University
2016
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| author | Hartwig, Angela June |
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| description | This study explores women’s experiences of “Safe at Home” program introduced in Western Australia in 2010. The program provides specialist support for up to twelve months to women (with or without children) who choose to remain in their own home, without the perpetrator, following an incident of domestic and family violence. In-depth interviews with participants of this program provided insight into what women believed contributed to stabilizing their housing; reducing further risks of violence; as well as suggestions improvements to policy and practice into the future. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-21422017-02-20T06:37:02Z Having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the Safe at Home Program in Western Australia Hartwig, Angela June This study explores women’s experiences of “Safe at Home” program introduced in Western Australia in 2010. The program provides specialist support for up to twelve months to women (with or without children) who choose to remain in their own home, without the perpetrator, following an incident of domestic and family violence. In-depth interviews with participants of this program provided insight into what women believed contributed to stabilizing their housing; reducing further risks of violence; as well as suggestions improvements to policy and practice into the future. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2142 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Hartwig, Angela June Having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the Safe at Home Program in Western Australia |
| title | Having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the Safe at Home Program in Western Australia |
| title_full | Having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the Safe at Home Program in Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the Safe at Home Program in Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the Safe at Home Program in Western Australia |
| title_short | Having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the Safe at Home Program in Western Australia |
| title_sort | having the violence leave: women’s experiences of the safe at home program in western australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2142 |