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Helping Battered Women New Perspectives and Remedies

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ISBN-10: 0195095871

ISBN-13: 9780195095876

Edition: 1997

Authors: Albert R. Roberts

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Helping Battered Women provides an overview of programs and policies for helping battered women. It covers a wide range of possible responses and interventions by police, doctors, social workers, and psychiatrists, and includes chapters on hotlines, women's shelters, support groups, victim advocacy services, emergency and mental health interventions, and legal remedies.
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Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/25/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.06" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.836

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…    

Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Contributors
Social Action, Research, and Policy Reforms
Introduction: Myths and Realities Regarding Battered Women
Social Action for Battered Women
Acknowledgment
Note
References
A Comparative Analysis of Incarcerated Battered Women and a Community Sample of Battered Women
Social Work and Criminal Justice Responses to Elder Abuse in New York City
Appendix: Case Examples
Domestic Violence and Woman Battering: Theories and Practice Implications
References
Criminal Justice Responses
Police Responses to Battered Women: Past, Present, and Future
References
Court Responses to Battered Women
References
The Criminalization of Woman Battering: Planned Change Experiences in New York State
References
Battered Women, Homicide, and the Legal System
References
Assessment, Intervention, and Specialized Programs
Shelter-Based Crisis Intervention with Battered Women
Children of Battered Women: Research, Programs, and Services
References
Mental Health Interventions with Battered Women
Appendix: Interview Guide
The False Connection Between Adult Domestic Violence and Alcohol
Latina Battered Women: Barriers to Service Delivery and Cultural Considerations
Epilogue: Helping Battered Women
Author Index
Subject Index