Family violence from a global perspective : a strengths-based approach / / editors, Sylvia M. Asay, John DeFrain, Marcee Metzger, Bob Moyer

• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles : , : SAGE, , [2014]; ?2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxviii, 298 pages)
• Disciplina: 362.8292
• Soggetto topico: Family violence
• Persona (resp. second.): AsaySylvia M.; DeFrainJohn D.; MetzgerMarcee; MoyerBob
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Detailed Contents -- Introduction -- Africa -- Chapter 1 - Family Violence From a Global Perspective: Strengths-Based Research and Case Studies: the Case of South Africa -- Chapter 2 - Domestic Violence in Botswana: Factors That Help Women Overcome Abuse -- Chapter 3 - Domestic Violence in Kenya: Strengths-Based Research -- Asia -- Chapter 4 - Domestic Violence in a Chinese Cultural Context: Who Gets the Blame? -- Chapter 5 - Family Violence From an Indian Perspective -- Chapter 6 - Marital Violence in South Korea -- Europe -- Chapter 7 - Domestic Violence Against Women in Greece -- Chapter 8 - Family Violence in Moldova -- Chapter 9 - Violence in the Modern Russian Family -- Latin America -- Chapter 10 - Intrafamilial Violence and Social Vulnerability: A Glimpse of the Reality in Brazil -- Chapter 11 - Family Violence in Mexico -- The Middle East -- Chapter 12 - Contextualizing Oppression and Family Violence in Israel: Israeli and Palestinian Experiences -- North America -- Chapter 13 - Family Violence in Canada -- Chapter 14 - Family Violence in the United States: A Community and a Country Respond -- Oceania -- Chapter 15 - Good Things Come to Those Who Wait: Striving to Address Domestic and Family Violence in Australia -- Chapter 16 - Family Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand -- Epilogue: A Strengths-Based Conceptual Framework for Understanding Family Violence Worldwide -- Index -- About the Contributors.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on the expertise of authors from 21 countries to tell the story of domestic violence in their country, it lends academic, professional, and victims' expertise to determine these strengths and analyze how they can translate into greater safety for victims and increased accountability for perpetrators, including imroved policy formation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Family violence from a global perspective
• ISBN: 1-4833-1041-8; 1-336-28101-4; 1-4833-8763-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787390703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II