Défis et conditions de réussite d’une pratique concertée en violence conjugale et maltraitance envers les enfants

Abstract

Cet article expose les principaux défis et conditions de réussite qui ont été identifiés lors de l’expérimentation d’un modèle de concertation en violence conjugale et maltraitance envers les enfants à Québec. Les intervenants participant à cette expérimentation ont complété des questionnaires autoadministrés afin d’évaluer ce modèle. Les résultats indiquent que la présence de rapports de pouvoir, le manque de temps et l’absence de certaines expertises d’intervention durant la concertation entraînent des défis. L’attitude positive des intervenants, la présence d’un animateur neutre, la clarification des rôles et mandats et la présence de tous les intervenants concernés sont des conditions de réussite.

Practitioners’ Views on IPV and Its Solutions: An Integrative Literature Review

“…Conversely, they identified, as a component of violence, the control that one partner exerts on another, particularly through the fear that violent acts induce in a relationship. For the practitioners of five of the reviewed studies, one partner’s control of the other constitutes an essential characteristic of IPV (Audet, 2002; Edin et al, 2008; Edin, Hogberg, Dahlgren, & Lalos, 2009; Leisey, 2008; Lessard, 2004). Indeed, even though some practitioners considered that violence is sometimes reactive and associated with a loss of control, most were critical of this idea.…”

“…Audet (2002) noted, for instance, that the practitioners she met with did not see IPV as part of the social problem of violence against women but instead generally saw it as a family problem. In the same vein, even though it is men who are generally considered to have committed violent acts, the practitioners interviewed by Lessard (2004) noted and included violence committed by women in their definition. Likewise, as regards the debates in the IPV field, gender had a relatively small place in the comments of practitioners in the reviewed studies.…”

“…Indeed, while they did not touch on biological causes, several individual factors were identified. These factors include, most notably, alcohol and drug consumption, mental health problems, low self-esteem, jealousy, unrealistic expectations of the partner, childhood exposure to violence and trauma, and difficulty handling stress, anger, and conflicts (Audet, 2002; Dallaire & Brodeur, 2016; Dalton, 2009; Edin et al, 2008, 2009; Javaid, 2015; Leisey, 2008; Lessard, 2004).…”

“…Explanations of a social nature were identified in four studies (Audet, 2002; Edin et al, 2009; Lessard, 2004; Leisey, 2008). The practitioners considered, for example, that stereotypical gender roles favor IPV because they help to maintain unequal male–female relationships.…”

“…A majority of the practitioners considered that the perpetrators of violence are solely responsible for their behavior (Audet, 2002; Eisikovits et al, 2000; Lessard, 2004; Virkki, 2015). A second group of practitioners thought that, in some cases of violence, there might be a shared responsibility between the two partners (Eisikovits et al, 2000; Lessard, 2004; Virkki, 2015). This second group pointed out, however, that the victim is never solely responsible for the violence.…”