Men Who Batter Women

by Jukes,Adam Edward

• ISBN13: 9780415129428
• ISBN10: 0415129427
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Violence against women in the home is a major social problem. Most published work understandably concentrates on the victims, butMen Who Batter Womenlooks at the perpetrators. Considering both feminist approaches to male violence and those perspectives that treat such violent behavior as pathological, Adam Jukes explores how depth psychology can be used to treat men who batter women. Examining such questions as how abusive men rationalize their actions and the nature of their self-concept, Jukes analyzes the roots of battering in the male personality and suggests the implications for the clinical treatment of batterers. His findings will be of great interest and importance to clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, social workers and all professionals who work with both the perpetrators and victims of domestic violence.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(6)
Acknowledgements	xv
1 Introduction	1	(16)
2 The problem outlined	17	(11)
3 Aggression and violence	28	(20)
4 Special problems in the treatment of abusers	48	(34)
5 Isolating the violence	82	(25)
6 The bubble	107	(10)
7 A social psychology of male violence, helplessness, vulnerability and sexuality	117	(14)
8 Working with men who are helpless, vulnerable and violent	131	(19)
9 Groupwork	150	(9)
10 Conclusions	159	(4)
Appendix 1: Violent, abusive and controlling behaviour checklist	163	(3)
Appendix 2: Basic group contract	166	(3)
Appendix 3: The daily diary	169	(3)
Appendix 4: The Time Out	172	(3)
Appendix 5: Information for partners/wives of violent/abusive men	175	(4)
Bibliography	179	(8)
Index	187