Domestic Violence, Family Law and School Children's Right to Participation, Protection and Provision

Domestic Violence, Family Law and School discusses the ways in which domestic violence can impact on children's lives at pre-school and school. Disputes over parental responsibility, living arrangements or child contact can create difficulties not just for the child of disputing parents, but for all children at preschool or school, as well as for staff. This book uncovers new research on an under-explored area of children's lives and social work with vulnerable children and is shaped by a comparative lens that brings both similarities and differences between England, Wales and Sweden into focus. A theoretical framework for analyses of how welfare systems tackle domestic violence is elaborated and lessons for practice that can be drawn from the findings presented are highlighted.

Maria Eriksson is Professor of Social Work at Mälardalen University, Sweden.

Linnéa Bruno is a PhD Student at the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Elisabet Näsman is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden.

1. Domestic Violence and Family Law Disputes on the School Agenda
2. Children and Domestic Violence
3. Domestic Violence and Family Law
4. Social Issues at Pre-School and School
5. School in a Complex Field of Policy and Practice
6. The Impact of Family Law Proceedings
7. Children's Vulnerability and Support at School
8. Pre-School and School Staff Strategies
9. Privilege and Marginalization
10. Children's Rights to Participation, Protection, and Provision