Marital Violence: The Community Response

ISBN-13: 9781032468952 / Angielski

Margaret Borkowski; Mervyn Murch; Val Walker

Opis

Originally published in 1983, this book is based on research into the way practitioners in the medical, legal, and social services viewed marriage and violence at the time. It examines marital violence from a number of perspectives and the ways in which different agencies and practitioners respond to the problem.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Part I  1. Introduction  2. How Much Marital Violence Comes to the Attention of Public Services?  3. Some Social Characteristics of Victims of Marital Violence  Part II  4. Problems of Definition  5. Problems of Explanation  6. Questions of Evidence  7. Issues of Privacy and Confidentiality  8. Ambivalence in Victims and Practitioners  9. Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse  10. Role Definition  11. Perceptions of Other Services  Part III  12. The Significance of Agency Choice  13. Some Policy Considerations.  Appendix – The Practitioner Study: Mode of Sampling and Characteristics of Practitioners.  References.  Name Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

Margaret Borkowski, Mervyn Murch, Val Walker