TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eriksson,Maria
AU  - Hester,Marianne
AU  - Keskinen,Suvi
AU  - Pringle,Keith
TI  - Tackling men's violence in families: Nordic issues and dilemmas
SN  - 9781861346025
U1  - 362.82920948 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Bristol, UK
PB  - Policy Press
KW  - FVC
KW  - CARE AND PROTECTION
KW  - CHILD WELFARE
KW  - CULTURAL ISSUES
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - FAMILIES
KW  - OFFENDERS
KW  - PARENTING
KW  - SOCIAL SERVICES
KW  - SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
N2  - This book examines how men's domestic violence is viewed and responded to in the Nordic countries, which are generally regarded as models of gender equality, child-friendliness and cultural tolerance. The book is aimed at a wide audience: academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policy makers. The contributors, academic researchers of Nordic origin or residence, have drawn on material from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The book offers children's views, professional perspectives and responses to the issues, and legal and policy approaches. There is a focus on the link between violence to women and violence to children. The final chapter by Hester presents lesson for the United Kingdom. Hester notes in the conclusion that there are some persistent problems in Nordic countries which have parallels in the English context. Hester concludes that a major challenge in responding to men's domestic violence and ensuring women and children's safety is overcoming the fragmentation of responses and contradictions between criminalising perpetrators and supporting victims, child protection and custody/parental responsibility and contact.
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