Intimate Partner Violence Societal, Medical, Legal, and Individual Responses /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Loue, Sana (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2001.
• Σειρά: Women’s Health Issues
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Epidemiology.; Criminal law.; Criminology.; Psychology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Law and Psychology.; Criminal Law.

It is clear that physical abuse is an integral component of some intimate relationships. This book addresses not the violence but our responses or lack of responses to that violation of personal integrity and the accompanying trauma. How partner violence is responded to, individually and collectivel...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Definition and Epidemiology of Intimate Partner Violence
• Theories of Causation
• How Women and Men Define Experiences of Violence and its Causes
• Violence as Deviance? The Societal Response
• Responses of the Helping Professions
• The Legal Response
• Responses of the Batterer
• Responses of the Battered
• Children Exposed to Partner Violence: Their Responses
• Looking towards the Future: Research, Prevention, and the Provision of Services.