This book provides an overview of how workers need to acknowledge and protect victims of domestic violence.
It reflects on how professional bodies and the law are changing their approaches to focus on the experience of the child.
The interpretation that domestic violence is not just limited to physical assault is a huge leap in understanding the methods that perpetrators use to control their victims. Until recently no-one acknowledged that violence in the home had a significant impact on the parent's ability to protect. The "impairment suffered from seeing or hearing ill-treatment of another" is a key aspect described well in the book. This is now determining criteria for practitioners who make decisions regarding the care of a child.
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