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| Foreword: Domestic Violence Advocacy: Complex Lives/Difficult Choices | |
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| Preface | |
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| How This Book Is Different | |
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| About the Terms Used in This Book | |
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| Advocate | |
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| Victim/Woman | |
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| Violent Partner/Batterer/Man | |
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| Victim-Defined/Woman-Defined Advocacy | |
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| Service-Defined Advocacy | |
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| The Organization of This Book | |
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| Background and Acknowledgments | |
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| Victim-Defined Advocacy Approach | |
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| Overview of Victim-Defined Advocacy | |
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| Types of Violence | |
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| Safety/Safer | |
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| Individual Victim-Defined Advocacy | |
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| Systemic Victim-Defined Advocacy | |
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| Why Advocacy That Is Victim-Defined | |
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| Risks Victims Face | |
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| Risk of Physical and Sexual Violence | |
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| Risk of Physical Violence | |
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| Risk of Sexual Violence | |
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| Risk of Violence After Separation | |
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| Impact of Physical and Sexual Violence | |
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| Risk of Death | |
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| Child-Related Risks | |
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| Direct Risks to Children | |
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| Risk of Loss of Children | |
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| Financial Risks | |
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| Risks of Psychological Harm and Drug and Alcohol Use | |
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| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | |
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| Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse | |
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| Risks to Family and Friends | |
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| Loss of Relationship | |
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| Risks Involving Arrest and Legal Status | |
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| Life-Generated Risks | |
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| Financial Considerations | |
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| Home Location | |
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| Physical and Menial Health | |
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| Inadequate Responses by Major Social Institutions | |
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| Discrimination Based on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexual Orientation, or Other Bias | |
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| Batterers' Manipulation of Life-Generated Risks | |
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| Risks Victims Face: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| How Women Form Perspectives and Priorities | |
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| The Public Construction of the "Battered Woman" | |
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| Life Circumstances | |
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| Parenting Role | |
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| Family Concerns | |
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| Cultural Community | |
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| Age | |
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| How Victims Make Decisions | |
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| The Violence | |
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| Children | |
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| The Relationship | |
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| Resources | |
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| Victims' Safety Plans | |
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| Priorities | |
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| Fluidity | |
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| Time Frames | |
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| Strategies to Reduce Physical Violence | |
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| Children's Needs | |
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| Staying Strategies | |
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| Leaving Strategies | |
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| How Victims Form Perspectives and Priorities: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Individual Victim-Defined Advocacy Implementation | |
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| Understand a Victim's Perspective and Priorities | |
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| Know How to Gather Information | |
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| Accept That a Woman's Perspective Will Change | |
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| Understand Each Victim's Risk Analysis | |
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| Understand Each Victim's Life Circumstances | |
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| Understand Each Victim's Plans | |
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| Work With Victims to Strengthen Comprehensive Safety Plans | |
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| Build a Partnership With Each Victim | |
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| Review Risks | |
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| Identify Relevant Options, Resources, and Strategies | |
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| Implement the Strengthened Comprehensive Plan | |
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| Individual Victim-Defined Advocacy Implementation: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Victim-Defined Advocacy Practice Issues | |
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| Victims in Contact | |
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| Who Are Victims in Contact? | |
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| Why Victims Are in Contact | |
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| Why Victims Remain in Intimate Partner Relationships | |
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| A Partner Keeps Her From Leaving | |
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| There's Not Enough Money to Leave | |
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| Leaving Increases Risks | |
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| It Is Unclear Whether Leaving Will Make Things Better or Worse | |
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| Commitment to the Relationship and Family Comes First | |
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| Why Contact Continues After a Victim Has Ended a Relationship | |
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| Why Children Are in Contact | |
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| Reliance on Leaving as the Primary or Only Safety Strategy | |
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| Why the Reliance on Leaving | |
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| Consequences for Victims | |
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| Harsh Reactions to Victims Who Don't Leave | |
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| Fewer Options to Enhance Safety | |
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| Pushed to Use Ineffective or Harmful Strategies | |
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| Advocacy With Victims in Contact-Key Application Issues | |
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| Understanding the Perspectives and Priorities of Victims in Contact | |
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| Working With Victims in Contact to Strengthen Their Comprehensive Safety Plans | |
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| Implementing Strengthened Comprehensive Safety Plan | |
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| Acknowledging the Challenges | |
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| Victims in Contact: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Children | |
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| Harm to Children | |
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| Prevalence | |
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| Effects of Family Violence on Children | |
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| Applying Standards of Safety/Safer | |
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| Safer Enough | |
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| What Makes Children Safer | |
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| Advocacy Regarding Children-Key Application Issues | |
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| Understanding the Perspectives and Priorities of Children and Their Battered Parents | |
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| Working With the Battered Parent and, When Appropriate, With the Child to Strengthen the Comprehensive Safety Plan | |
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| Advocacy Challenges: Children | |
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| Children: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use | |
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| Family Violence and Trauma | |
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| Domestic Violence and Mental Health Issues | |
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| Domestic Violence and Substance Use | |
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| Family Violence and Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use | |
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| Advocacy With Victims Experiencing Trauma, Mental Health, and/or Substance Use Issues-Key Application Issues | |
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| Understanding the Victim's Perspective and Priorities | |
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| Working With the Victim to Strengthen Her Comprehensive Safety Plan | |
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| Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Advocate Role With Violent Partners | |
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| About Violent Partners | |
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| Characteristics | |
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| Interventions | |
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| Advocacy Role Regarding Violent Partners-Key Application Issues | |
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| Understanding Victim's Perspective and Priorities About a Violent Partner | |
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| Working With the Victim to Strengthen the Safety Plan | |
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| Advocacy Challenges: Violent Partners | |
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| Predicting Behavior | |
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| Lack of Violent Partner Services and Interventions | |
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| "Helping" Violent Partners | |
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| Advocate Role With Violent Partners: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Systems Advocacy | |
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| Victim-Defined Advocacy Environments | |
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| Agency Commitment | |
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| For Victims: Commitment to Offering Victim-Defined Advocacy | |
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| For Advocates: Commitment to Provide Victim-Defined Advocacy | |
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| Conditions for Advocacy | |
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| For Victims: Victim-Defined Conditions in Which Advocacy Is Offered | |
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| For Advocates: Advocate-Defined Conditions in Which to Provide Advocacy | |
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| Changing the Advocacy Environment | |
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| Challenges | |
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| Victim-Defined Advocacy Environments: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Victim-Defined Policy Advocacy | |
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| Policy Advocacy | |
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| A Victim-Defined Policy Process ("How") | |
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| Prepare | |
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| Think | |
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| Plan | |
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| Act | |
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| Monitor | |
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| Policy Substance ("What") | |
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| Each Victim Is Unique | |
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| Victims Face a Range of Batterer-Generated and Life-Generated Risks | |
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| Some Victims Remain in the Relationship or in Contact | |
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| Children Are Victims of Violence | |
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| Victims May Need Advocacy to Access Relevant Options and Strengthen Comprehensive Safety Plans | |
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| Reduction of Violent Behavior Makes Victims Safer | |
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| Victim-Defined Policy Advocacy: Chapter Summary | |
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| Key Points | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |