Protecting children from domestic violence [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for community intervention / / edited by Peter G. Jaffe, Linda L. Baker, Alison J. Cunningham

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Guilford Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.82/9256
• Soggetto topico: Family violence - United States; Family violence - Canada; Child abuse - United States - Prevention; Child abuse - Canada - Prevention; Family services - United States; Family services - Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JaffePeter G BakerLinda L CunninghamAlison J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I: Introduction to the problem -- Purpose and overview / Peter G. Jaffe, Linda L. Baker, and Alison J. Cunningham -- Should childhood exposure to adult domestic violence be defined as child maltreatment under the law? / Jeffrey L. Edleson -- Young children exposed to adult domestic violence: incidence, assessment, and intervention / B. B. Robbie Rossman, Jacqueline G. Rea, Sandra A. Graham-Bermann, and Perry M. Butterfield -- Group intervention with abusive male adolescents / Diane Davis -- Part II: Individual- and group-level responses -- Fostering resilient coping in children exposed to violence: cultural considerations / Sandra A. Graham-Bermann and Hilda M. Halabu -- Safety planning for abused women and their children / Jennifer L. Hardest and Jacquelyn C. Campbell -- Assessing abusers risks to children / Lundy Bancroft and Jay G. Silverman -- Fatherhood and domestic violence: exploring the role of abusive men in the lives of their children / Oliver J. Williams, Jacquelyn Boggess, and Janet Carter -- Part III: System-level responses -- The ethnic media outreach project: Canada is a country for women / Melpa Kamateros -- Police in the lives of children exposed to domestic violence: collaborative approaches to intervention / Miriam Berkman, Robert L. Casey, Steven J. Berkowitz, and Steven Marans -- The role of family courts in domestic violence: the Canadian experience / Martha Shaffer and Nicholas Bala -- The role of family courts in domestic violence: the U.S. experience / Billie Lee Dunford-Jackson -- The fourth R: developing healthy relationships through school-based interventions / Peter G. Jaffe, David Wolfe, Claire Crooks, Ray Hughes, and Linda L. Baker -- Part IV: Conclusions -- Future directions in ending domestic violence in the lives of children / Linda L. Baker, Alison J. Cunningham, and Peter G. Jaffe.
• Sommario/riassunto: The impact on children of domestic violence has received increasing attention, but awareness of the problem has not always translated into public action. This forward-thinking volume brings together leading mental health, legal, educational, and social services professionals from the U.S. and Canada to demonstrate how the problem of violence in the home can best be mitigated through community collaboration. The book provides an understanding of the effects of childhood exposure to domestic violence; considers the most promising assessment approaches; and examines specific interventions wi
• Titolo autorizzato: Protecting children from domestic violence
• ISBN: 1-281-96280-5; 9786611962807; 1-60623-176-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454195603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II