Partner Abuse State of Knowledge project

The Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project (PASK) is a US-based but international collaboration of academics in the field of domestic violence research. Their starting point is their observation that “Over the years, research on partner abuse has become unnecessarily fragmented and politicised.”

By gathering and reviewing genuinely ‘peer-reviewed’ publication PASK is bringing together in a rigorously evidence-based, transparent and methodical manner existing knowledge about partner abuse that can easily be accessed both by researchers and the general public.

This comprehensive review of domestic violence literature will help to inform what can be a very heated debate in which the experiences of men who have been on the receiving end of domestic violence has been marginalised or even excluded entirely.

FNF Scotland’s experience here is that the general political narrative of domestic violence as a gendered phenomenon has made it more difficult for male victims in general to speak up. Non-resident fathers in particular feel inhibited in case by speaking up they may have contact with their children withheld.

The conclusions presented in the PASK study are based strictly on the data collected. Approximately 12,000 studies were considered and more than 1,700 were summarised and organized into tables.

Fathers in Scotland seeking support specifically in connection with domestic abuse or violence can contact Abused Men in Scotland.

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