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Mothers and Children Seeking
Safety:
A Study of Hague Cases Involving Domestic Violence
Funded by the National Institute of Justice2006-WG-BX-0006
Taryn Lindhorst, PhD, LCSWCarol LaMare Associate Professor
UW School of Social Work
• What are the experiences of women who flee with their children to the U.S. to escape abusive spouses?
• Why do US judges return some children to the other country while others allow mothers and children to stay in the US?
Reasons for Parental Abduction
Sources: Grief & Hegar, 1993; Sagatun-Edwards et al., 2000; Chiancone, Girdner & Hoff, 2001
Meta-analysis of studies
• No significant differences between witnesses and abused children
• Abused witnesses (dual exposed) significantly greater problems than those who witnessed only
Kitzmann et al. (2003)
Hague Outcomes & Violence
Case Outcome
Battered Mother
AND Child
Battered Mother ONLY
EmotionalTerrorizing
UnclearAbuse
Child remained in US with Mother
6 2 1 1
Child returned to other country with Father
2 8 1 1
Total 8 10 2 2
Hague Defense Statistics
Defense
Asserted SuccessfulNumber Percent Number Percent
Grave Risk to Child 38 81% 12 26%
Parent Acquiesced 14 30% 1 2%
Settled in New Place 12 26% 3 6%
Child Objection 9 19% 2 4%
Human Rights 7 15% 0 0%
26%
Contextualized Assessment of DV
From: Lindhorst, Nurius & Macy, 2005. Contextualized Assessment Planning with Battered Women: Strategic Safety Planning to Cope with Multiple Harms.Journal of Social Work Education, 41, 331 – 352.
Acknowledgements
• University of Minnesota• Jeffrey Edleson, PhD, School of Social Work• Sudha Shetty, JD, Humphrey Institute
• University of Washington• Gita Mehrotra, MSW, School of Social Work• William Vesneski, MSW, JD, School of Social Work
• Others• Luz Lopez, Ph.D., Boston University• Thomson Reuters Legal Division, volunteers from
FindLaw and WestLaw• Seattle University, Access to Justice Institute• National Advisory Group