Understanding Abuse : Partnering for Change.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Gramma's Theory -- Building Collaborative, Action-Oriented Research Teams -- The Beckoning -- Abuse in a Rural and Farm Context -- What Rhoda Remembers about the First Five Minutes -- Keeping It Confidential: A Struggle for Transition Houses -- Karen's Normal Work Schedule -- Working with Abuse: Workplace Responses to Family Violence -- In the Still Dark -- Children and Partner Abuse in New Brunswick Law: How Responsibilities Get Lost in Rights -- Attention! -- The Canadian Forces' Response to Woman Abuse in Military Families -- Learning a Second Language -- Gendered Silence: Immigrant Women's Access to Legal Information about Woman Abuse -- Here Also What I Say -- Building Bridges between Churches and Community Resources: An Overview of the Work of the Religion and Violence Research Team -- Smalltown, Anywhere -- Private Matters and Public Knowledge in Rural Communities: The Paradox -- Barbara -- Schools Are Not Enough: It Takes a Whole Community -- Lessons from Home and School -- Passing the Torch: Students Teaching Students about Dating Violence -- Epilogue -- Marie's Lullaby.

Based on research projects conducted over ten years, Understanding Abuseprofiles the work done by researchers of issues related to woman abuse and family violence.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.