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Helping Battered Women New Perspectives and Remedies

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ISBN-10: 0195095863

ISBN-13: 9780195095869

Edition: 1996

Authors: Albert R. Roberts

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Recent estimates indicate that as many as 8.7 million women are beaten in their homes each year. This is an alarming national statistic, but there is hope. This book examines both social work and criminal justice professional's methods of intervention on behalf of battered women escaping from violent relationships. Helping Battered Women fills a major gap in the literature on the subject. The author provides the reader with the most current, comprehensive, empirically-based, and realistic overview of policy and intervention methods of women escaping from violent relationships. This interdisciplinary volume integrates a rich diversity of perspectives by internationally recognized…    
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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/25/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.32" wide x 9.50" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 1.056

D.S.W. from U. of Maryland. Chairman of Administration of Justice Department. Author or co-author of ten books, many in second or third editions, among them: Moraskin/Roberts: Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century 2 ND (PH, 1998, 444 pp. $55.00), Roberts: Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment, and Research 2/e (O.U.P., 2000), Roberts ed. Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Services 2/e (Wadsworth, 1998, 300 pp. $45.95) He has also published two other books with Sage: Crisis Intervention and Time-Limited Cognitive Treatment - pub�d.1/95, sales to date of 2,585/$61,662 (2,290 paper/$50,497) Helping Crime Victims: Research, Policy and Practice…    

Prefacep. v
Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Forewordp. xi
Contributorsp. xv
Social Action, Research, and Policy Reformsp. 1
Introduction: Myths and Realities Regarding Battered Womenp. 11
Social Action for Battered Womenp. 13
Acknowledgmentp. 28
Notep. 28
Referencesp. 28
A Comparative Analysis of Incarcerated Battered Women and a Community Sample of Battered Womenp. 42
Social Work and Criminal Justice Responses to Elder Abuse in New York Cityp. 44
Appendix: Case Examplesp. 62
Domestic Violence and Woman Battering: Theories and Practice Implicationsp. 67
Referencesp. 80
Criminal Justice Responsesp. 83
Police Responses to Battered Women: Past, Present, and Futurep. 85
Referencesp. 95
Court Responses to Battered Womenp. 96
Referencesp. 101
The Criminalization of Woman Battering: Planned Change Experiences in New York Statep. 102
Referencesp. 129
Battered Women, Homicide, and the Legal Systemp. 132
Referencesp. 152
Assessment, Intervention, and Specialized Programsp. 157
Shelter-Based Crisis Intervention with Battered Womenp. 170
Children of Battered Women: Research, Programs, and Servicesp. 172
Referencesp. 185
Mental Health Interventions with Battered Womenp. 188
Appendix: Interview Guidep. 213
The False Connection Between Adult Domestic Violence and Alcoholp. 228
Latina Battered Women: Barriers to Service Delivery and Cultural Considerationsp. 234
Epilogue: Helping Battered Womenp. 235
Author Indexp. 239
Subject Indexp. 245
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