"Intimate Partner Violence includes in-depth analyses of every aspect of IPV, including contemporary concepts and research on its prevalence, nature, causes, and impact"--Provided by publisher.
Reflecting this range, contributions to this volume are organized into five sections: legal responses to domestic violence, intervention with men who have perpetrated domestic violence, responses to women who have experienced domestic ...
Although medical records are helpful to maintain a history of patient treatment, forensic documentation is usually recorded with an eye toward the legal system. Whether used in a criminal prosecution for assault or a custody hearing to ...
This is essential reading for students, academics and professionals interested in domestic abuse, as well as professionals and practitioners, including psychologists, social workers, the police, prison officers, probation staff, policy ...
The book examines how social, legal, and financial resources are diverted into a criminal legal apparatus that is often unable to deliver justice or safety to victims or to prevent intimate partner violence in the first place.
Consortia: A strategy for improving the provision of health care to domestic violence survivors. ... Use of a panel of experts to establish validity for patient assault vignettes. ... Toward Explaining Human Culture. New Haven: HRAF.
And how do we define and measure “success” in preventing it? This book brings together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of fields to examine innovative strategies and programs for preventing IPV.
Hiebert-Murphy, Ristock, and Brownridge, “Meaning of 'risk'”; Meyer and Wilson, “Sampling lesbian, gay”; Moradi et al., “Counseling psychology research.” 109. Walters, Chen, and Breiding, National Intimate Partner Survey. 110.
This book is designed for healthcare providers, counselors, criminal justice staff in identifying and working with victims of domestic violence. This book focuses on issues related to domestic violence in the nation.
Comprehensive yet easy to understand, this established text is essential reading for students considering careers in criminal justice, victim advocacy, social work, or counseling.
This edited collection addresses intimate partner violence, risk and security as global issues.