The heart of intimate abuse: new interventions in child welfare, criminal justice, and health settings
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Main Author: Mills, Linda G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Springer Pub. Co. c1998
Series:Springer series on family violence
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-258) and indexes
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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 275 p.)
ISBN:0826112161
0826117279
9780826112163
9780826117274

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