Humphreys, Cathy
Position: Professor of Social Work
Phone: +61 3 8344 9427
Email: cathy.humphreys@unimelb.edu.au
Cathy Humphreys was the Alfred Felton Chair in Child and Family Welfare. This Chair was funded by the Alfred Felton Trust to support the collaboration between the School of Social Work at The University of Melbourne and Community Sector Organisations (CSOs) through the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare.
Cathy's research interests included: Domestic and Family Violence; Research Utilisation; Child and Family Welfare; Risk and Safety Assessment; Mental Health and Problematic Substance Use as it Relates to Domestic Violence and Child Protection.
Researcher profile
Cathy's Find an Expert profile further details her achievements, including:
Books / monographs / short books
Humphreys, C. Houghton, C., and Ellis, J. (2008) Literature Review: Better Outcomes for Children and Young People Experiencing Domestic Abuse, Scottish Executive Domestic Abuse Delivery Group. Scottish Government, Crown Copyright, Edinburgh. Available in print and web format http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/08/04112614/0
Grealy, C., Humphreys, C., Milward, K. and Power, J. (2008) Practice Guidelines: women and children’s family violence counselling and support program, Department of Human Services, Victoria.
Humphreys, C. (2007) Domestic violence and child protection: Challenging directions for practice, Issue Paper 13, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse www.austdvclearinghouse.unsw.edu.au pp 1-24 (monograph)
Humphreys, C. and Stanley, N. (eds) (2006) Child Protection and Domestic Violence: Directions for Good Practice, London, Jessica Kingsley Publications
Humphreys, C., Mullender, A., Thiara, R.K. and Skamballis, A. ( 2006) Talking to My Mum: A Picture Workbook for Workers, Mothers and Children Affected by Domestic Abuse London, Jessica Kingsley Publications
Humphreys, C., Mullender, A., Thiara, R.K. and Skamballis, A. (2006) Talking About Domestic Abuse: A Photo Activity Workbook to Develop Communication Between Mothers and Young People. London, Jessica Kingsley Publications
Saunders, H. and Humphreys, C. (Eds) (2002) Safe and Sound: A Resource Manual for Working With Children Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence, Bristol, Women’s Aid Federation of England Publications. p188
Humphreys, C. (2008) ‘Problems in the System of Mandatory Reporting of Children Living with Domestic Violence’, Journal of Family Studies (Special Edition) 14, (2) 228-239
Humphreys, C. (2007) ‘Talking to My Mum: Strengthening relationships between mothers and children in the aftermath of family violence’, Developing Practice: The Child, Youth and Family Work Journal, 19, 12-15
Toumbourou, J., Hemphill, Tresidder, J., Humphreys, C., Edwards, J. and Murray, D. (2007) ‘Mental health promotion and socio-economic disadvantage: Lessons from substance abuse, violence and crime prevention and child health’, Health Promotion Journal of Australia 18, (3) 184-190
Humphreys, C. (2007) ‘A Health Inequalities Perspective on Violence Against Women Health and Social Care in the Community 15 (2) 120-127
Humphreys C. (2007) ‘Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Exploring the Role of Perpetrator Risk Assessments’ Child and Family Social Work 16 (4) 360-369
Lowe, P., Humphreys, C. and Williams, S. (2007) ‘Night Terrors: Women’s experiences of (not) sleeping where there is domestic violence’, Violence Against Women 13, 549-569
Humphreys, C., Mullender, A., Thiara, R.K. and Skamballis (2006), ‘A. ‘Talking to my Mum: Developing Communication Between Mothers and Children in the Aftermath of Domestic Violence’, Journal of Social Work 6 (1) 53-64
Humphreys, C. (2005) ‘Service User Involvement in Social Work Education: A Case Example’ Social Work Education 24 (7) 797-804
Humphreys, C., Regan, L., Rivers, D. and Thiara, R.K (2005)‘Domestic violence and substance misuse: tackling complexity’, British Journal of Social Work 35 (7) 1303-1320
Humphreys, C. and Harrison, C. (2003) ‘Focusing on Safety: Domestic Violence and the Role of Child Contact Centres’, Child and Family Law Quarterly 15 (3) 237-253
Humphreys, C. and Thiara, R.K. (2003) ‘Neither justice nor protection: Women’s Experiences of Post-separation Violence, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 25 (4) 195-214
Humphreys, C., Berridge, D., Butler, I. and Ruddick, R. (2003) ‘Making Research Count: The Development of Knowledge-Based Practice’ Research, Policy and Planning 21 (1) 41-50
Humphreys, C. and Thiara, R. (2003) ‘Domestic violence and mental health: ‘I call it symptoms of abuse’ British Journal of Social Work 33, (2) 209-226
Metcalfe, F. and Humphreys, C. (2002) ‘Action research in fostering and fostering action research’, Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice 1 (4) 435-450
Humphreys, C., Abrahams, H., Hague, G., Hester, M., Lowe, P., Mullender, A. (2001) ‘Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: Developing Sensitive Policies and Guidance’, Child Abuse Review 10 183-197
Humphreys, C. (2008) ‘Domestic Violence’ in M. Davies (ed) The Blackwell Companion to Social Work 2nd Edition. Oxford, Blackwell Publishers. Pp27-33
Humphreys, C. (2006) ‘Thinking the Unthinkable: The Implications of Research on Women and Children in Relation to Domestic Violence’, in M. Thorpe and R. Budden (eds) Durable Solutions: The collected papers of the 2005 Dartington Hall Conference, Bristol, Family Law, Jordan Publishing. 159-172
Research reports
Healey, L; Howe, K.; Humphreys, C.; Jennings, C. and Julian, F. (2008) Building the Evidence: A report on the status of policy and practice in responding to violence against women with disabilities. Melbourne, Women's Health Victoria and Victorian Women with Disabilities Network. http://www.whv.org.au/vwdn/documents/BTE%20Final%20Report.pdf
Thiara, R.K., Humphreys, C., Mullender, A., and Skamballis, R..K. Talking to My Mum: Strengthening Communication Between Mothers and Children, F inal Report, University of Warwick, Coventry, 2006/
Humphreys, C. and Carter, R. (2006) The justice system as an arena for the protection of human rights for women and children experiencing violence and abuse, Co-ordinated Action on Human Rights Violations, European Union Framework 6 Report.
Humphreys, C., Thiara, R.K., Regan, L., Lovett, J., Kennedy, L., and Gibson, A. (2005) Prevention Not Prediction: An evaluation of the metropolitan police risk assessment model, London, Association of Chief Police Officers.