Safeguarding Victims of Domestic Abuse during Covid-19: Challenges and Opportunities

Covid-19 期间保护家庭暴力受害者：挑战与机遇

• 批准号: ES/V015745/1
• 负责人: Khatidja Chantler
• 金额: $ 34.56万
• 依托单位: Manchester Metropolitan University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV015745%2F1
• 关键词: Safeguarding; Victims; Domestic; Abuse; during

Emerging evidence from China, Italy, France and the UK indicates that domestic abuse (DA) rates have increased by up to 30% during Covid-19 (WHO 2020). Social distancing during Covid-19 is thought to increase the risk of DA whilst accessing support is more difficult. Increased financial pressures, increased proximity of family members living in the same household, isolation, the increased burden of domestic labour and caring responsibilities for women are all potentially risk factors for increased rates of DA. Victims of DA have less opportunity to disclose abuse to professionals or to seek support from family and friends (Women's Aid, 2020). In the UK, domestic homicides have risen by 50% since the UK lockdown with a surge in calls to a national domestic abuse helpline (The Guardian 2020). A survey of survivors during lockdown showed that 67% of survivors said that domestic abuse had got worse in lockdown (Women's Aid, 2020). Pre-Covid-19, accessing DA support was already compromised by austerity policies affecting the DA NGO sector and other related services such as mental health services and adults and children's social care (Sanders-McDonagh, 2016). These challenges are likely to be exacerbated during lockdown (Safe Lives, 2020), as lockdown eases and currently during the second wave of Covid-19. Accessing DA support is likely to be aggravated for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women and their children (Imkaan, 2020), particularly as the Covid-19 burden is higher in BAME communities (Khunti et al, 2020). No recourse to public funds is a long-standing barrier for BAME women accessing DA support. Safeguarding is a key process for protecting women and their children from further abuse.The study will investigate:1. How have DA safeguarding interventions and processes in different agencies changed due to Covid-19, at strategic and operational levels? 2. What is the effect of Covid-19 on the identification of DA survivors and their children and on the support, protection and safeguarding they have received during lockdown? 3. What ongoing lessons are there for multi-agency arrangements during a pandemic to enable effective identification, recording and response to safeguard DA victims from abuse, especially from BAME groups?To investigate our research questions, the study is organised into two work packages.Work Package 1 (WP1)- National Safeguarding Context (England): An England-wide survey will be distributed online to safeguarding leads based in local authorities, health, policing, MARAC chairs and DA coordinators. It will establish how safeguarding practice is being conducted during Covid-19 and how this may differ from previous safeguarding procedures and practice. It will focus specifically on the identification and response to DA, examples of good practice, challenges, multi-agency relationships, and innovations during lockdown at a national level and identification of good practices to be continued post-Covid-19. Telephone interviews will be conducted with 20-25 safeguarding leads and DA coordinators to gain more in-depth data about the context, and perceived impact of changes on safeguarding, particularly for BAME women and children. Work Package 2: Two case study areas (Greater Manchester and Lancashire) have been selected to generate in-depth knowledge of safeguarding on the ground. 20 interviews will be conducted with DA NGO providers to identify challenges and good practice; 20 interviews with survivors of DA to understand help-seeking during Covid-19 and analysis of police databases pre and during Covid-19 to identify safeguarding processes. Our deliverables include: briefing reports and infographics; interactive project website; final conference; academic papers and conference presentations; webinars and round table discussions to support and develop practitioners and aid policy development for managing domestic abuse in pandemics and beyond.

来自中国、意大利、法国和英国的新证据表明，在新冠肺炎期间，家庭虐待（DA）率增加了30%（WHO 2020）。新冠肺炎期间的社交距离被认为会增加DA的风险，而获得支持则更加困难。经济压力的增加、生活在同一家庭中的家庭成员的距离越来越近、孤立、家务劳动负担的增加和妇女的照顾责任都是DA率增加的潜在风险因素。DA受害者向专业人员透露虐待情况或寻求家人和朋友支持的机会较少（妇女援助，2020年）。在英国，自英国封锁以来，家庭凶杀案增加了50%，全国家庭虐待热线电话激增（卫报2020）。一项对封锁期间幸存者的调查显示，67%的幸存者表示，家庭虐待在封锁期间变得更糟（妇女援助，2020年）。在2019冠状病毒病之前，获得残疾人援助的支持已经受到影响残疾人非政府组织部门和其他相关服务的紧缩政策的影响，如心理健康服务以及成人和儿童的社会护理（Sanders-McDonagh，2016）。这些挑战可能会在封锁期间加剧（《安全生活》，2020年），随着封锁的放松，目前正处于第二波新冠肺炎疫情期间。对黑人、亚裔和少数民族（BAME）妇女及其子女的支持可能会加重（Imkaan，2020年），特别是因为BAME社区的COVID-19负担更高（Khunti等人，2020年）。无法求助于公共资金是黑人、亚裔和少数族裔妇女获得发展援助的长期障碍。保护是保护妇女及其子女免受进一步虐待的一个关键过程。2019冠状病毒病在战略和运营层面上对不同机构的DA保障干预措施和流程产生了哪些影响？2. 2019冠状病毒病对识别DA幸存者及其子女以及他们在封锁期间获得的支持、保护和保障有何影响？3.在大流行期间，多机构安排有哪些持续的经验教训，以有效识别、记录和应对，保护DA受害者免受虐待，特别是来自BAME群体的虐待？为了调查我们的研究问题，这项研究被组织成两个工作包。工作包1（WP 1）-国家保护背景（英格兰）：一个全英格兰的调查将在网上分发给地方当局，卫生，警务，MARAC主席和DA协调员的保护线索。它将确定在新冠肺炎期间如何进行防护实践，以及这与以前的防护程序和实践有何不同。它将特别关注识别和应对DA，良好做法的例子，挑战，多机构关系，以及国家层面封锁期间的创新，并确定在Covid-19后继续的良好做法。将对20-25名保护领导人和残疾人援助协调员进行电话访谈，以获得有关背景的更深入的数据，以及变化对保护的影响，特别是对黑人、亚裔和少数族裔妇女和儿童的影响。工作包2：选择了两个案例研究地区（大曼彻斯特和兰开夏），以深入了解实地保护。将与残疾人援助非政府组织提供者进行20次访谈，以确定挑战和良好做法;将与残疾人援助幸存者进行20次访谈，以了解2019冠状病毒病期间的求助情况，并分析2019冠状病毒病之前和期间的警方数据库，以确定保障程序。我们的交付成果包括：简报和信息图表;互动项目网站;最后会议;学术论文和会议报告;网络研讨会和圆桌讨论会，以支持和发展从业人员，并协助制定在流行病及其他情况下管理家庭虐待的政策。