Better safe than sorry? Quantitative and qualitative aspects of child-father relationships after parental separation in cases involving intimate partner violence

The aim of the dissertation is to analyze qualitative and quantitative aspects of child-father contact in cases where the father has used violence against the mother and often also against the child. The study is based on two other projects - a qualitative interview study with children at a women's shelter and an evaluation of support to children who had witnessed violence against their mother.