Men Share Stories of Violence at Home

ISBN-13: 9783639151725 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 176 str.

Varsha Pandya

Opis

This book narrates the stories of attempts of change in violent behavior towards loved ones shared by men in group treatment. It also provides an overview of scholarly literature about causation, treatment effectiveness, and change process models, a context for reading and understanding those stories. Fourteen men in group treatment provide candid insights into their perception of violent behaviors and attempts at changing those. This book is a valuable resource for treatment providers and evaluators alike. The author of the book offers a discussion on how treatments may be redesigned for improved outcome as measured by adoption and sustenance of non-violent behaviors at home. The author also recommends how measurement of success of treatment may be improved. The last chapter stimulates thinking about inventing new ways of using knowledge from these two sources, literature and men themselves, for improved treatments and its outcomes.

O autorze

Dr. Varsha Pandya has been a social work practitioner, educator,
and researcher for three decades. She has many years of
professional experience in various capacities in the field of
family violence. She is currently teaching research and family
violence related courses at the Kutztown University in
Pennsylvania, USA.