The heart of intimate abuse [[electronic resource] ] : new interventions in child welfare, criminal justice, and health settings / / Linda G. Mills

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824475503321
• Autore: Mills Linda G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1998
• ISBN: 1-281-80605-6; 9786611806057; 0-8261-1727-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Collana: Springer series on family violence
• Disciplina: 362.82/928/0973
• Soggetti: Victims of family violence - Services for - United States; Child abuse
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Boxes and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Part I: The Heart of Intimate Abuse; Introduction; 1 Intersections and Tensions in Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Practice; 2 The Heart of Intimate Abuse and the Dynamics of Domestic Violence; Part II: Systems' Responses to Domestic Violence; 3 The Criminal Justice System's Response to Domestic Violence; 4 The Public Child Welfare System's Response to Domestic Violence; 5 The Health Care System's Response to Domestic Violence; Part III: Empowerment Strategies and Affective Advocacy; 6 Engaging the Battered Mother: Empowerment Strategies and Affective Advocacy7 Systems Strategies for Working with Battered Mothers and Their Children; 8 Empowerment and Affective Strategies I: Meetings in Criminal Justice; 9 Empowerment and Affective Strategies II: Meetings in Public Child Welfare; 10 Empowerment and Affective Strategies III: Meetings in Health Care; Part IV: Future Interventions; 11 An Empowerment Model for Battered Women and Their Children; Appendixes; I: CPS Risk Assessment in California; II: A Personal Safety Plan; III: Sample Affirmitive Action Plans for CSWs; ReferencesIndexes; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This startling analysis of violence within intimate relationships ; contends that every abusive relationship has, paradoxically, a heart of its own. Practitioners must acknowledge and engage this dynamic emotional center in order for interventions to succeed. The Heart of Intimate Abuse takes a broad, critical view of standard responses to abuse by today's criminal justice, social work, and medical systems--especially those that respond to violence with coercive interventions such as mandatory arrest, prosecution, and reporting laws. Here is a bold vision of the core dynamics of abuse in familie