AVITH: Current Research

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A socio-ecological exploration of adolescent violence in the home and young people with disability: The perceptions of mothers and practitioners (ANROWS, October 2022) Read more
Connecting the dots: Understanding the DFV experiences of children and young people with disability within and across sectors. (ANROWS, September 2022) Read more Summary infosheet
The nature and extent of domestic and family violence exposure for children and young people with disability (ANROWS, September 2022) Read more
Toward a socio-ecological understanding of adolescent violence in the home by young people with disability. (ANROWS, May 2022) Read more

Autism, Our Kids, Our Stories. Voices of Aboriginal Parents across Australia (Positive Partnerships, April 2023) Read more
Measuring Success for Aboriginal Victim Survivors: Development of a Holistic, Culturally Relevant Measure of Client Outcomes in Aboriginal Family Violence Services for Women and Children Victim Survivors (VACCA, Uni of Melbourne, Ongoing) Read more
You can’t pour from an empty cup: Strengthening our service and systems responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who experience domestic and family violence (ANROWS, February 2023) Read more
New Ways for Our Families: Designing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural practice framework and system responses to address the impacts of domestic and family violence on children and young people (ANROWS, April 2022) Read more

WRAP around families experiencing adolescent violence in the home (AVITH)
Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) Read report
Collaborative Practice Framework
Adolescent family violence in Australia: A national study of service and support needs for young people who use family violence.
(ANROWS, October 2022) Read more
Evaluation of the pre-court support for adolescents using violence in the home (AVITH) pilot: final evaluation report.
(Centre for Innovative Justice, September 2022) Read more
Adolescents using Family Violence (AFV) MARAM Practice Guidance Project 2022: Review of the evidence base
(Centre for Innovative Justice, August 2022) Read more
A Systematic Review of Child to Parent Violence Interventions.
(University of Woollongong, December 2021) Read more
Understanding and responding to adolescents using violence in the home
(Victorian Law Week, May 2021) Read more
The PIPA project: Positive Interventions for Perpetrators of Adolescent violence in the home
(Centre for Innovative Justice, March 2020) Read more

Missing Figures: The Role of Domestic and Family Violence in Youth Suicide – Current State of Knowledge Report
(Griffith University, 2023) Read more
The mental health and mental health service utilisation of young people that engage in violence in the home.
(Swinburne and The Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science) Hear more
Responding to Adolescent Violence in the Home – A Community Mental Health Approach
(Alfred Child and Youth Mental Health Service, 2021) Read more

Young people’s experiences of identity abuse in the context of family violence: A Victorian study.
(Monash, March 2023) Read more
I believe you: Children and young people’s experiences of seeking help, securing help & navigating the family violence system
(Monash, February 2023) Read more
Children’s voices for change: A rights-based approach to understanding and implementing effective supports for children and pre-adolescents as victims and survivors of family violence
(ANROWS, ongoing) Read more
Adolescent family violence in Australia: A national study of prevalence, history of childhood victimisation and impacts
(ANROWS, September 2022) Read more
Summary fact sheet
Amplify: Turning up the Volume on Young People and Family Violence.
(Melbourne City Mission, December 2021) Read more
Hiding in Plain Sight: Exploring the lived experience of adolescent-to-mother violence where there is a history of DV
(University of Queensland) Read more
APVA: The experiences and perceptions of young people
(University of Central Lancashire) View research poster
Knowing that they hurt their mum is really hard
(University of Queensland) View presentation

“I Need to Know Your Safe” Framework
(Centre for Multicultural Youth, 2023) Read more
“Better the devil you know than the system you don’t understand”: Creating better outcomes for newly arrived young people experiencing family violence
(Centre for Multicultural Youth, 2023) Read more

Young, in love and in danger: teen domestic violence and abuse in Tasmania.
(Anglicare TAS & Social Action Research Centre, November 2022) Read full report
Research brief
Interventions for young men and boys using IPV in early relationships: Analysing identification, referral and practices, and investigating motivating and protective factors for targeted intervention.
(ANROWS, ongoing) Read more
What helps young people create healthy relationships and reject domestic violence?
(University of South Australia, ongoing)
The project aims to identify the protective factors that can prevent the of inter-generational transmission of violence to inform policy and practice in health, welfare and education. Initial findings reveal that various supports, such as counselling, strong social networks, and portrayals of healthy relationships through media can influence the choice of maintaining healthy relationships.
Contact: Fiona.buchanan@unisa.edu.au
Adverse childhood experiences among youth who offend: Examining exposure to domestic and family violence for male youth who perpetrate sexual harm and violence
(ANROWS, August 2022) Read more
Young people as agents of change in preventing violence against women
(ANROWS, May 2019) Read more

“I Wasn’t Gonna Quit, but by Hook or by Crook I was Gonna Find a Way Through for the Kids”: A Narrative Inquiry, of Mothers and Practitioners, Exploring the Help‑seeking of Mothers’ Experiencing Child to Parent Violence
(University of Wollongong, March 2023) Read more
‘He’s out of control, I’m out of control, it’s just – I’ve got to do something’: a narrative inquiry of child to parent violence
(University of Wollongong, July 2022) Read more
Investigating Adolescent Family Violence in Victoria: Understanding Experiences and Practitioner Perspectives
(Fitz-Gibbon, K., 2018) Read more
Adolescent Violence: Women’s Stories of Courage and Hope
(Anglicare Victoria) Read more

Disability