Family Violence Reduction Strategies

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Introduction

Interventions to reduce violence against children and women are essential in the community. However, they are varied depending on the setting and population in which they operate. Successful intervention strategies demonstrate a measurable reduction in violence in addition to secondary effects such as life skills, economic empowerment, quality of life, resilience and increase in gender equality (Boyko et al,. 2017).

This paper gives an overview of the best strategies to reduce family violence in the community.

Strategies to Reduce Family Violence

Changing cultural and social norms that promote violence

Interventions that challenge cultural and social norms that support violence against women or partner can reduce acts of violence in a wide range (Wendt, 2020). The aim is to reduce this violence by changing attitude and ethics related to gender that permits men to control over women. Mass media campaigns and education through entertainment can be used to challenge customs that support violence.

Reducing violence through victim identification, maintenance and support programs

Screening tools seem favorable to identify victims of intimate partner violence and elderly abuse. Violence learning programs might raise awareness of violence and increase information of how to recognize and care victims. Multi-agency violence evaluation schemes assist staff in a variety of facilities to identify high risk individuals of intimate partner violence and improved plan for support strategy.

Precluding violence by developing life skills in children and adolescents

Life skills are emotional, social, cognitive and interpersonal abilities that let individuals deal effectively with challenges. Preschool enrichment which targets children early in life, may perhaps prevent aggression, boost education achievement, improve social skills, and reduce violence against children.

Averting violence through the creation of safe, developed and cultivating relationships between children and their parents

Developing healthy relationships between children and their parents in the early years has shown to prevent childhood aggression and child maltreatment. This intervention can prevent the lifelong negative consequences of children mistreatment for physical and mental health.

Conclusion

The subject of child maltreatment and domestic violence has caused several interventions in law enforcement setting, social service, and health (Quinter, 2020). The array of strategies has been driven by the urgency of diverse types of family violence, communities, advocates, clients’ needs, and service providers. The intervention constitute of a wide range of services that focus on the identification, handling, avoidance, and discouragement of family violence.

Reference

Boyko, J. A., Wathen, C. N., & Kothari, A. (2017). Effectively engaging stakeholders and the public in developing violence prevention messages BMC women’s health, 17(1), 1-4.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0390-2

Wendt, S., Natalier, K., Seymour, K., King, D., & Macaitis, K. (2020). Strengthening the domestic and family violence workforce: Key questions Australian Social Work, 73(2), 236-244

https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2019.1638429

Quilter, J. (2020). Evaluating criminalisation as a strategy in relation to non-physical family violence. In Criminalising Coercive Control (pp. 111-131). Springer, Singapore

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0653-6_6