Contemporary Work in Understanding and Reducing Domestic Violence
A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760). This special issue belongs to the section "Social Policy and Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 266
Special Issue Editor
Interests: domestic abuse; image-based sexual abuse; non-consensual sharing of intimate images; deepfake pornography
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I am excited to propose an upcoming Special Issue of Social Sciences on “Contemporary Work in Understanding and Reducing Domestic Violence”. Despite emerging data bolstering our understanding of domestic violence and great strides being made to reduce its instances in forensic and general populations, it remains a pervasive and pressing issue worldwide. Within this Special Issue, we call on academics, practitioners, service users, and policy makers to further our knowledge and showcase some of the contemporary developments in this area.
We recognize that domestic violence manifests in many forms, so we welcome manuscripts discussing physical and image-based domestic violence, abuse that comes in the form of financial and social manipulation, and broader sexual coercion. It is vital that we capture under-reached voices within this compilation.
Dr. Dean Fido
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- domestic abuse
- image-based sexual abuse
- non-consensual sharing of intimate images
- inter-partner violence
- sexual coercion
- sexual abuse
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