Women and domestic violence : an interdisciplinary approach
Women and domestic violence : an interdisciplinary approach
Feder, Lynette; (ed.)
- Binghamton, N.Y. Haworth Press 1999
- 98 p.
Co-published simultaneously as Women & Criminal Justice, volume 10, number 2 1999
The focus of this book is on the use of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of domestic violence. It suggests that only through such an approach will the various disciplines, as well as academics and professionals working in this area, come to understand the nature, causes, consequences and treatments for domestic violence. Contains: Domestic violence : an interdisciplinary approach / Lynette Feder -- Revisiting the rule of thumb : an overview of the history of wife abuse / Susan A. Lentz -- Protecting battered women : latest trends in civil legal relief / Catherine F . Klein, Leslye E. Orloff -- Police handling of domestic violence calls : an overview and further investigation / Lynette Feder -- Does batterer treatment reduce violence? A synthesis of the literature / Robert C. Davis, Bruce G. Taylor
0789006758
ABUSED WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
UNITED STATES
362.8292 WOM
Co-published simultaneously as Women & Criminal Justice, volume 10, number 2 1999
The focus of this book is on the use of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of domestic violence. It suggests that only through such an approach will the various disciplines, as well as academics and professionals working in this area, come to understand the nature, causes, consequences and treatments for domestic violence. Contains: Domestic violence : an interdisciplinary approach / Lynette Feder -- Revisiting the rule of thumb : an overview of the history of wife abuse / Susan A. Lentz -- Protecting battered women : latest trends in civil legal relief / Catherine F . Klein, Leslye E. Orloff -- Police handling of domestic violence calls : an overview and further investigation / Lynette Feder -- Does batterer treatment reduce violence? A synthesis of the literature / Robert C. Davis, Bruce G. Taylor
0789006758
ABUSED WOMEN
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
UNITED STATES
362.8292 WOM