Working with Risky Fathers, a two-year study by Family Rights Group, audited 70 domestic violence case files in three authorities.
It found that in 41 per cent of the cases the victim had been pregnant at the time of being abused. In at least 37 per cent of the cases there had been more than six separate reported incidents of domestic violence.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of the children (88 per cent) remained in contact with their fathers — 12 per cent of perpetrators were noted on the files as having definitely lost contact as a result of the domestic violence.
The study also noted a lack of assessment and information about the parenting capacity of 61 per cent of these fathers. And in only 31 cases (44 per cent) was the phone number of the birth father held on file.
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