Domestic partner abuse [[electronic resource] /] / L. Kevin Hamberger, Claire Renzetti, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.82; 362.82/92; 362.8292
• Soggetto topico: Family violence - United States; Abusive men - Family relationships - United States; Abusive women - Family relationships - United States; Gay couples - United States - Psychology; Lesbian couples - United States - Psychology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HambergerL. Kevin RenzettiClaire M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Expanding Paradigms for Understanding and Intervening into Partner Violence; 1 Gay and Bisexual Male Domestic Violence Victimization: Challenges to Feminist Theory and Responses to Violence; 2 Are Bi-Directionally Violent Couples Mutually Victimized? A Gender-Sensitive Comparison; 3 Counseling Heterosexual Women Arrested for Domestic Violence: Implications for Theory and Practice; 4 Lesbian Battering: The Relationship Between Personality and the Perpetration of Violence; 5 Head-Injured Males: A Population at Risk for Relationship Aggression? ; 6 Patriarchy and Wife Assault: The Ecological Fallacy7 Psychopharmacological Treatment of Aggressive Behavior: Implications for Domestically Violent Men; Commentaries; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume makes a signal contribution to understanding and treating couples' abuse. The editors and contributors expand the models of abusive relationships to include the special concerns of gay and lesbian couples, mutually violent partners, abusive women, and others. Based on a special issue of the respected journal Violence and Victims , the book shatters myths surrounding domestic violence and sheds new light on a complex social problem. This volume will be a resource for counselors, therapists, and social workers concerned with domestic violence, as well as for students and educators in
• Titolo autorizzato: Domestic partner abuse
• ISBN: 1-281-81870-4; 9786611818708; 0-8261-9092-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453880403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II