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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821350603321

Titolo

Helping battered women : new perspectives and remedies / / edited by Albert R. Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-774234-3

1-280-45111-4

0-19-802559-9

1-60256-035-8

Edizione

[New Edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 247 p. )

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

362.82/928/0973

Soggetti

Abused women - Services for

Abused wives - Services for

Wife abuse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1996.

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : myths and realities regarding battered women / Albert R. Roberts -- Social action for battered women / Susan E. Roche and Pam J. Sadoski -- A comparative analysis of incarcerated battered women and a community sample of battered women / Albert R. Roberts -- Social work and criminal justice responses to elder abuse in New York City / Patricia Brownell -- Domestic violence and woman battering : theories and practice implications / Diane C. Dwyer [and others] -- Police responses to battered women : past, present, and future ; Court responses to battered women / Albert R. Roberts --The criminalization of woman battering : planned change experiences in New York State / Lisa A. Frisch and Joseph M. Caruso -- Battered women, homicide, and the legal system / Mindy B. Mechanic -- Shelter-based crisis intervention with battered women / Sophia F. Dziegielewski, Cheryl Resnick, and Nora B. Krause -- Children of battered women : research, programs, and services / Bonnie E. Carlson -- Mental health interventions with battered women / Patricia A. Petretic-Jackson and



Thomas Jackson -- The false connection between adult domestic violence and alcohol / Theresa M. Zubretsky and Karla M. Digirolamo -- Latina battered women : barriers to service delivery and cultural considerations / Gloria Bonilla-Santiago -- Epilogue : helping battered women / Ann A. Abbott.

Sommario/riassunto

The contributors provide an overview of programs and policies, covering a wide range of possible responses and interventions by police, doctors, social workers and psychiatristics, as well as hotlines, shelters, support groups and legal remedies.