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Violence in families : assessing prevention and treatment programmes Chalk, Rosemary; King, Patricia A.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC National Academy Press 1998Description: 392 pISBN:
  • 0309054966
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.8292 VIO
Summary: This American book examines the successes and failures of family violence interventions. It offers recommendations to guide services, programmes, policy, and research on victim support and assistance, treatments and penalties for offenders, and law enforcement. Includes an analysis of more than 70 evaluation studies on the outcomes of different kinds of programmes and services. Explores the scope and complexity of family violence, including identification of the multiple types of victims and offenders, who require different approaches to intervention. Outlines new strategies that offer promising approaches for social services providers and researchers and for improving the evaluation of prevention and treatment services. Discusses issues that underlie all types of family violence
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This American book examines the successes and failures of family violence interventions. It offers recommendations to guide services, programmes, policy, and research on victim support and assistance, treatments and penalties for offenders, and law enforcement. Includes an analysis of more than 70 evaluation studies on the outcomes of different kinds of programmes and services. Explores the scope and complexity of family violence, including identification of the multiple types of victims and offenders, who require different approaches to intervention. Outlines new strategies that offer promising approaches for social services providers and researchers and for improving the evaluation of prevention and treatment services. Discusses issues that underlie all types of family violence