Domestic Violence

by Keeling, June; Mason, Tom

• ISBN13: 9780335222827
• ISBN10: 033522282X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Open University Press

Summary

This book takes a multi-agency approach to domestic violence and looks at a large range of issues that impact on those working in the health and social care field. It begins with identification of situations where abuse may occur, including intimate partner violence, child and adolescent abuse, same-sex violence, and elderly abuse. The book considers the commonalities for survivors of abuse - such as the right to feel safe and protected from violence - and evaluates how health and social care professionals can work towards a positive outcome for all of the individuals involved. The book is divided into four parts, Recognition, Reaction, Involvement and Outcome and includes chapters on: Sexual Coercion and Domestic Violence Abuse and the Elderly Treatment and Alcohol Multi-Disciplinary Working Relationship Conflict and Abuse Outcomes Domestic Violence is a key reference resource for students and professionals across a wide range of health and social care occupations.Contributors: Georgia Anetzberger, Michael Kimmel, Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Adrian Sutton, Poco Kernsmith, T Shackelford, Aaron T. Goetz, Michael J Potoczniak, Marianne R. Yoshioka, Karel Kurst-Swanger, Julie Schumacher, Jay Peters, Dana DeHart, Iona Heath, Albert R. Roberts, Anne Cools, Melanie Shepard, Patricia O'Campo, Ajitha Cyriac, Farah Ahmed, Richard E. Heyman, Iona Heath, Chris Murphy, Beth Mattingly, Laura Dugan.

Author Biography

June Keeling is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Chester, UK Tom Mason is Professor of Mental Health and Learning Disability in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of Chester, UK

Table of Contents

The editors	p. ix
The contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Recognition
Abuse and the elderly	p. 11
'Gender symmetry' in domestic violence: a falsely-framed issue	p. 21
Female victims of violence	p. 37
A child psychiatry perspective: children as victims of adult-adult violence	p. 47
Sexual coercion and domestic violence	p. 57
Evolutionary psychological perspectives on men's violence against intimate partners	p. 63
Effective educational strategies	p. 71
Reaction
The impact of the cultural context on the experience of domestic violence	p. 81
The political, societal and personal interface of abuse	p. 91
Battered women who use violence: implications for practice	p. 99
The role of health care professionals in preventing and intervening with intimate partner violence	p. 107
Multi-disciplinary working	p. 117
Involvement
Treatment and alcohol	p. 129
Domestic violence myths	p. 139
Offenders' experiences of interventions	p. 149
Couples' approaches to treating intimate partner violence	p. 157
Domestic violence: a family health perspective	p. 167
Outcome
Partner homicide including murder-suicide: gender differences	p. 179
Relationship conflict and abuse outcomes	p. 187
How female victims' responses affect the risk of future assaults by their male intimate partners	p. 197
Conclusion	p. 211
References	p. 213
Index	p. 261
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