Journal article
Children bereaved by fatal intimate partner violence: A population-based study into demographics, family characteristics and homicide exposure
E Alisic, A Groot, H Snetselaar, T Stroeken, E Van De Putte
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2017
Abstract
Background: In the context of violence against women, intimate partner homicide increasingly receives research and policy attention. Although the impact of losing a parent due to intimate partner homicide is intuitively obvious, little is known about the children involved. We aimed to identify all children bereaved by parental intimate partner homicide in the Netherlands in the period 2003–2012, describe their demographics and family circumstances, and assess their exposure to prior violence at home and to the homicide itself. Methods and findings: We cross-examined 8 national data sources and extracted data about children’s demographics and circumstances prior to, and during the homicide. O..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by the Dutch Research and Documentation Centre (Ministry of Security and Justice, #2382: www.wodc.nl; PI: EA), the Prof. H.A. Weijers Stichting (no website, PI: EA) and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (#1090229; https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/to EA). The Dutch Research and Documentation Centre required and facilitated a study advisory board which provided feedback throughout the phases of design, data collection, and analysis of the preliminary results, but not during the preparation, review, or approval of the current manuscript. The other funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.