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Helping Battered Women : New Perspectives and Remedies.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (266 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198025597
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Helping Battered WomenDDC classification:
  • 362.82/928/0973
LOC classification:
  • HV1445.H387 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Part I: Social Action, Research, and Policy Reforms -- 1 Introduction: Myths and Realities Regarding Battered Women -- 2 Social Action for Battered Women -- 3 A Comparative Analysis of Incarcerated Battered Women and a Community Sample of Battered Women -- 4 Social Work and Criminal Justice Responses to Elder Abuse in New York City -- 5 Domestic Violence and Woman Battering: Theories and Practice Implications -- Part II: Criminal Justice Responses -- 6 Police Responses to Battered Women: Past, Present, and Future -- 7 Court Responses to Battered Women -- 8 The Criminalization of Woman Battering: Planned Change Experiences in New York State -- 9 Battered Women, Homicide, and the Legal System -- Part III: Assessment, Intervention, and Specialized Programs -- 10 Shelter-Based Crisis Intervention with Battered Women -- 11 Children of Battered Women: Research, Programs, and Services -- 12 Mental Health Interventions with Battered Women -- 13 The False Connection Between Adult Domestic Violence and Alcohol -- 14 Latina Battered Women: Barriers to Service Delivery and Cultural Considerations -- Epilogue: Helping Battered Women -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: Women battering is one of the most pervasive and dangerous problems in American society. Helping abused women escape and remain free from violent relationships is the challenge the authors of this book have undertaken. They focus on the recently developed and implemented public policies, programs and intervention methods effective in the elimination of domestic violence and breaking the inter-generational cycle of abuse.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Part I: Social Action, Research, and Policy Reforms -- 1 Introduction: Myths and Realities Regarding Battered Women -- 2 Social Action for Battered Women -- 3 A Comparative Analysis of Incarcerated Battered Women and a Community Sample of Battered Women -- 4 Social Work and Criminal Justice Responses to Elder Abuse in New York City -- 5 Domestic Violence and Woman Battering: Theories and Practice Implications -- Part II: Criminal Justice Responses -- 6 Police Responses to Battered Women: Past, Present, and Future -- 7 Court Responses to Battered Women -- 8 The Criminalization of Woman Battering: Planned Change Experiences in New York State -- 9 Battered Women, Homicide, and the Legal System -- Part III: Assessment, Intervention, and Specialized Programs -- 10 Shelter-Based Crisis Intervention with Battered Women -- 11 Children of Battered Women: Research, Programs, and Services -- 12 Mental Health Interventions with Battered Women -- 13 The False Connection Between Adult Domestic Violence and Alcohol -- 14 Latina Battered Women: Barriers to Service Delivery and Cultural Considerations -- Epilogue: Helping Battered Women -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Women battering is one of the most pervasive and dangerous problems in American society. Helping abused women escape and remain free from violent relationships is the challenge the authors of this book have undertaken. They focus on the recently developed and implemented public policies, programs and intervention methods effective in the elimination of domestic violence and breaking the inter-generational cycle of abuse.

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