A Special Issue for Psychology of Violence, Co-Edited by Nicky Stanley and John Devaney
Domestic violence is a significant and widespread global problem affecting many individuals and their families. The evidence base is developing rapidly and new understandings and interventions are emerging in this field. Building on the success of the first European Conference on Domestic Violence held in Northern Ireland in September 2015, Psychology of Violence (ISI Impact Factor: 2.368) is intending to publish a special issue in 2017 focusing on European research on gender-based violence. The guest editors of this special issue will be Nicky Stanley, University of Central Lancashire, UK, and John Devaney, Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
The theme of gender–based violence includes a range of forms of violence and abuse against women and children including domestic and interpersonal violence, rape, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, online violence and abuse, sexual exploitation and trafficking. The special issue will explore:
- The dynamics and/or epidemiology of gender-based violence
- Approaches to researching and understanding gender-based violence
- Strategies for gender-based violence prevention or harm reduction
- Improving the service response to adult and/or child victims of gender-based violence
- Effective interventions with either victims or perpetrators of gender-based violence
Papers submitted for this special issue should report on research undertaken in or about European countries. There is no requirement regarding the nationality of the researchers and papers do not necessarily need to have been presented at the European Conference on Domestic Violence 2015.
Psychology of Violence is a multidisciplinary research journal devoted to violence and extreme aggression, including identifying the causes of violence, finding ways to prevent or reduce violence, and developing practical interventions and treatments. The journal welcomes submissions of conceptual and empirical papers, with a preference for studies that use either quantitative or mixed methods, and systematic reviews which can be either quantitative/meta-analyses or systematic narrative reviews.
Authors considering submitting a paper are asked to read the submission guidelines http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/vio/?tab=4#allauthors and to submit papers by 7th March 2016. Any queries can be addressed to Nicky Stanley at NStanley@uclan.ac.uk or John Devaney at J.Devaney@qub.ac.uk. All papers will be subject to the usual peer review processes of the journal.