Kathleen Daly and Heather Nancarrow
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195335484
- eISBN:
- 9780199864331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335484.003.0007
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families, Crime and Justice
Chapter Abstract: This chapter presents three cases of sons’ violence against mothers that were handled by a diversionary youth conference, a restorative justice process. ...
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Chapter Abstract: This chapter presents three cases of sons’ violence against mothers that were handled by a diversionary youth conference, a restorative justice process. Drawing on interviews with conference coordinators and victims, the analysis considers the histories, contexts, and dynamics of the violence; what happened in the conference, including gendered power dynamics and re-victimization; and the women’s experiences during the conference and post-conference. The literature on youth parental violence and debates on the appropriateness of restorative justice for domestic or partner violence cases is reviewed and assessed. The dynamics of male youth offender cases are similar to those of their adult counterparts; and thus, the youth cases provide insight on the strengths and limits of restorative justice for partner violence.Less
Chapter Abstract: This chapter presents three cases of sons’ violence against mothers that were handled by a diversionary youth conference, a restorative justice process. Drawing on interviews with conference coordinators and victims, the analysis considers the histories, contexts, and dynamics of the violence; what happened in the conference, including gendered power dynamics and re-victimization; and the women’s experiences during the conference and post-conference. The literature on youth parental violence and debates on the appropriateness of restorative justice for domestic or partner violence cases is reviewed and assessed. The dynamics of male youth offender cases are similar to those of their adult counterparts; and thus, the youth cases provide insight on the strengths and limits of restorative justice for partner violence.
James Tucker and Susan Ross
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300085471
- eISBN:
- 9780300133806
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300085471.003.0019
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
This chapter extends Donald Black's general theory of social control to the corporal punishment of children. Consistent with a Blackian approach, this chapter seeks to explain violent parental social ...
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This chapter extends Donald Black's general theory of social control to the corporal punishment of children. Consistent with a Blackian approach, this chapter seeks to explain violent parental social control with the immediate structural context under which it occurs. Specifically, it is argued here that the likelihood of corporal punishment varies directly with family hierarchy, social distance between parents and children, and isolation of children from potential supporters outside the household. This chapter also describes the central features of corporal punishment as a means of social control and introduces several propositions, drawn from the work of Black and others, that address the relationship between family structure and parental violence against children. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how this approach compares to other theories of corporal punishment and a comment on how this chapter's propositions might be tested.Less
This chapter extends Donald Black's general theory of social control to the corporal punishment of children. Consistent with a Blackian approach, this chapter seeks to explain violent parental social control with the immediate structural context under which it occurs. Specifically, it is argued here that the likelihood of corporal punishment varies directly with family hierarchy, social distance between parents and children, and isolation of children from potential supporters outside the household. This chapter also describes the central features of corporal punishment as a means of social control and introduces several propositions, drawn from the work of Black and others, that address the relationship between family structure and parental violence against children. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how this approach compares to other theories of corporal punishment and a comment on how this chapter's propositions might be tested.
