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Author(s): Rebecca J. Macy [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) grid.10698.36, 0000000122483208, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, , 325 Pittsboro Street, CB #3550, 27599, Chapel Hill, [...]

The intractable problem of family violence can best be addressed through evidence-based practices and policies, and the Journal of Family Violence (JOFV) seeks to be a platform for scholarship that advances the family violence field toward evidence-based solutions. Nonetheless, JOFV cannot be such a platform without clear, transparent, and rigorous publication policies and standards. Accordingly, this editorial offers potential authors guidance concerning the types of articles that JOFV publishes (i.e., full-length articles, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, brief reports, and letters to the editor) as well as information about the journal's editorial and peer review processes. This guidance is offered to help ensure that authors are well informed about the journal's policies, practices, and processes even before they submit their manuscripts for publication consideration., Author(s): Rebecca J. Macy [sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 0000000122483208, grid.10698.36, , Chapel Hill, NC, USA Introduction Recently, the Journal [...]

This article reports findings from a qualitative follow-up investigation of a mandated parenting and safety program for system-involved female IPV survivors. Participants were contacted 12 months or more after program completion and invited to participate in individual interviews. The interviews focused on the longer-term life changes survivors attributed to the program. Data were collected from 38 survivors. Qualitative analysis determined 4 key themes: relationship changes (e.g., most women were no longer with abusive partners), parenting changes (e.g., improved communication and discipline strategies), personal life changes (e.g., improved help-seeking and self-esteem), and new or ongoing challenges (e.g., financial stress). Overall, findings suggest that tailored, mandated programming - when positive and empowering - may lead to some longer-term beneficial outcomes., Author(s): Cynthia F. Rizo[sup.1] , Ariel Reynolds[sup.2] , Rebecca J. Macy[sup.1] , Dania M. Ermentrout[sup.1] Author Affiliations: (1) School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 325 [...]

This article reports findings of a mixed-methods study exploring the role that substances play in the lives of service-mandated female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). The study sample consists of 22 women who had completed a court- and/or child protective services (CPS)-mandated IPV parenting program. Quantitative results reveal moderate levels of current substance use and higher levels of past substance use. Qualitative analyses yield three key areas of participants' perspectives of substances and violence: (a) role of participants' substance use, including coping and partner influence; (b) role of partner's substance use, including severity and substance preferences; and (c) relationship between substance use and IPV, including effects on safety and IPV frequency and severity. We find victimization is a function of a partner's-rather than a victim's-substance use. Future programming should focus on the overlapping risk factors between substance use and IPV., Author(s): Jennifer E. O'Brien[sup.1] , Dania Ermentrout[sup.1] , Cynthia Fraga Rizo[sup.1] , Wen Li[sup.1] , Rebecca J. Macy[sup.1] , Sarah Dababnah[sup.2] Author Affiliations: (1) School of Social Work, University of [...]