TY - JOUR
T1 - The dead end of domestic violence
T2 - Spotlight on children's narratives during forensic investigations following domestic homicide
AU - Katz, Carmit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - The current study provides an in-depth exploration of the narratives of children who witnessed their father killing their mother. This exploration was conducted using a thematic analysis of the children's forensic interviews based on seven investigative interviews that were conducted with children following the domestic homicide. Investigative interviews were selected for study only for substantiated cases and only if the children disclosed the domestic homicide. All of the investigative interviews were conducted within 24. h of the domestic homicide. Thematic analysis revealed the following four key categories: the domestic homicide as the dead end of domestic violence, what I did when daddy killed mommy, that one time that daddy killed mommy, and mommy will feel better and will go back home. The discussion examines the multiple layers of this phenomenon as revealed in the children's narratives and its consequences for professionals within the legal and clinical contexts.
AB - The current study provides an in-depth exploration of the narratives of children who witnessed their father killing their mother. This exploration was conducted using a thematic analysis of the children's forensic interviews based on seven investigative interviews that were conducted with children following the domestic homicide. Investigative interviews were selected for study only for substantiated cases and only if the children disclosed the domestic homicide. All of the investigative interviews were conducted within 24. h of the domestic homicide. Thematic analysis revealed the following four key categories: the domestic homicide as the dead end of domestic violence, what I did when daddy killed mommy, that one time that daddy killed mommy, and mommy will feel better and will go back home. The discussion examines the multiple layers of this phenomenon as revealed in the children's narratives and its consequences for professionals within the legal and clinical contexts.
KW - Domestic homicide
KW - Domestic violence
KW - Investigative interviews with children
KW - Trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84918829632&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.05.016
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C2 - 24961554
AN - SCOPUS:84918829632
SN - 0145-2134
VL - 38
SP - 1976
EP - 1984
JO - Child Abuse and Neglect
JF - Child Abuse and Neglect
IS - 12
ER -
