TY - BOOK AU - Feder,Lynette TI - Women and domestic violence: an interdisciplinary approach SN - 0789006758 U1 - 362.8292 WOM PY - 1999/// CY - Binghamton, N.Y. PB - Haworth Press KW - FVC KW - ABUSED WOMEN KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - UNITED STATES N1 - Co-published simultaneously as Women & Criminal Justice, volume 10, number 2 1999 N2 - 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 ER -