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Autore: | Mills Linda G |
Titolo: | The heart of intimate abuse [[electronic resource] ] : new interventions in child welfare, criminal justice, and health settings / / Linda G. Mills |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1998 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.82/928/0973 |
Soggetto topico: | Victims of family violence - Services for - United States |
Child abuse | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The heart of intimate abuse |
ISBN: | 1-281-80605-6 |
9786611806057 | |
0-8261-1727-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910782464403321 |
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