Rethinking Domestic Violence: The Social Work and Probation Response

by Mullender,Audrey

• ISBN13: 9780415080552
• ISBN10: 041508055X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-11-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Domestic violence is a notoriously sensitive area of social work practice and social workers have been scapegoated by the media for their handling of certain cases. Despite the lack of skill and confidence, there is no basic text on domestic violence which specifically addresses the needs of social workers.Rethinking Domestic Violencewill help social workers to understand the seriousness of domestic violence and to rethink their typical responses. Based on the UK legal system, it outlines and clarifies the available legal measures, housing and benefit rights for women, existing community based resources, and pays considerable attention to the role of the social worker in relation to domestic violence. This book will be invaluable reading for all social work pracitioners, teachers and students; undergraduates in social policy and women's studies. This title available in eBook format. Click here for moreinformation . Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk .

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	1	(2)
The terms of the debate	3	(16)
The record of social work	6	(2)
Terminology	8	(3)
Other forms of abuse in intimate relationships	11	(6)
Conclusions	17	(2)
What do we know about domestic violence?	19	(46)
What is domestic abuse?	19	(7)
Where does abuse take place?	26	(3)
When did abuse start?	29	(1)
How widespread is domestic abuse?	30	(6)
Why does it happen? The myths (and facts) of causation	36	(1)
Theories about men	37	(8)
Theories about women	45	(18)
Conclusion	63	(2)
Social work as part of the problem	65	(17)
The research evidence	66	(15)
The way forward	81	(1)
Developing good practice in social services departments	82	(25)
Best practice	83	(9)
Duty work	92	(3)
Child protection and child welfare	95	(11)
Conclusion	106	(1)
Responses to domestic abuse in health and adult care settings	107	(32)
Primary health care settings	110	(6)
Mental health	116	(8)
Hospital settings	124	(7)
Work with older women	131	(2)
Women with physical disabilities and/or learning difficulties	133	(5)
Conclusion	138	(1)
The needs of children living with domestic abuse	139	(30)
The impact on children	141	(3)
Links with child abuse	144	(9)
Work with children in refuges	153	(6)
Direct work with and for children	159	(8)
Conclusion	167	(2)
Social work and probation practice with families	169	(34)
Family work and violence: a fundamental change of perspective	170	(15)
Family court welfare work	185	(6)
Child care work, families and the courts	191	(10)
Conclusion	201	(2)
The probation service and domestic violence	203	(19)
Current attitudes	203	(3)
The probation role with women	206	(4)
Work with men	210	(4)
Supervision	214	(2)
Throughcare and aftercare	216	(3)
Ways forward: action on a service-wide level	219	(1)
Conclusion	220	(2)
The men who abuse: what kind of intervention in groups?	222	(27)
The current British context	223	(2)
Methodology and philosophy	225	(10)
Accountability to women's safety, perspectives and priorities	235	(7)
Efficacy	242	(3)
Resourcing	245	(2)
Conclusion	247	(2)
Working together for change: the wider context and the empowerment of women	249	(29)
Inter-agency forums	250	(9)
Public education	259	(7)
The overall aim: the empowerment of women	266	(10)
Conclusion	276	(2)
Notes	278	(2)
References	280	(23)
Name index	303	(6)
General index	309