Domestic Violence and Abuse as a Shadow Pandemic

Florence Seemungal is a Trinidadian multi-disciplinary researcher and a Research Associate of the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, and an Adjunct Staff, the University of the West Indies Open Campus since 2011 where she delivers an array of courses psychology courses for undergraduates enrolled in the BSc Youth Development Work, BSc Social Work and BSc Psychology degree programs. She is a founder member of the Oxford-Tulane Developmental Justice Network established in 2017 now the Oxford-Maudsley Developmental Justice Consortium. She is a member of the Law and Society Association (USA) and publishes in the field of capital punishment with analyse on domestic homicides and the implementation of the death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago and on death penalty reform in the Caribbean.

PART I

1. Goniàxot’e: Stories of Fear, Silence, and Suffering

Pertice Moffitt, Rosa Mantla, Rebecca Nash and Onyx Walker

2. Home was never safe: Intimate Partner Violence and the Pandemic in the Arab Region

Lina AbiRafeh and Rebecca O’Keeffe

3. Intimate Partner Relationships before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Anant Kumar, Pooja and Sonali Layek

4. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Teen Relationship Abuse: Adolescent

Development as Vulnerability and Resource

Sarah Bekaert

5. IPV-Related Information Seeking in Italy: Lessons from Online Surveys

Ebru Şanlıtürk , Selin Köksal , Luca Maria Pesando and Valentina Rotondi

PART II

6. A Situational Analysis of Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the OECS and Barbados

Florence V. Seemungal

7. Lessons from Línea 137 in Buenos Aires

Perez-Vincent, Santiago M. ; Carreras Enrique

8. ONLINE SEARCH INSIGHTS TO MAP DOMESTIC ABUSE RISK: London Under Lockdown

Celia Davies, Andrew Pel and Chris Simmonds

9. Domestic violence and the pandemic in Guyana

Audrey Benn

10. An Overview of Domestic Violence (DV) in South Africa

C Bezuidenhout and M Moen

11. New Zealand’s family violence policy and practice during Covid Lockdown: 'If that bubble is unsafe you leave'

Penny Ehrhardt

12. The COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Domestic Violence in Malaysia

Mariny Abdul Ghani

13. India’s Shadow Pandemic: Domestic Violence During COVID-19

Mitali Nikore, Sonakshi Chaudhry

PART III

14. Nigerian Workers and the Shadow Pandemic in Lebanon

Marissa Quie

15. The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Gender-Based Violence and Service: Providers in Miami-Dade County A Case Study

Caroline Bettinger-Lopez and R. Denisse Córdova Montes

16. Violence against Women and DV in the region of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) during the COVID-19 Pandemic: contextual analysis, lessons learned and promising practices

Graziella Pavone

17. Violence Against Women in Pakistan

Mirza Altamish Muhammad Baig, Sajjad Ali, Numra Altaf Tunio and Dr. Naila Baig

PART IV

18. México: Towards a Life Free of Violence

Judge Norma Sandra Barrones Castillo

19. Addressing Domestic Abuse before, during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Perspective from within the Criminal Justice System of England and Wales

HHJ Emma Nott

20. Fighting Domestic Violence in France and Russia: A Comparative Overview

Charlotte Gunka and Ekaterina Tyagay

21. Addressing the Impact of Covid 19 on Gender-Based Violence in Uganda

Magistrate Caroline Kabugho Byakutaga

Conclusion

Index