| Edition |
Fourth edition. |
| Description |
478 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Domestic violence. 3rd ed. c2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence -- The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence -- Matters of history, faith, and society -- Theoretical explanations for domestic violence -- Selective screening : barriers to intervention -- The impetus for change -- The evolution of arrest preferences : criminalizing the societal response -- Variations in arrest practices -- The role of state and federal legislation -- Case prosecution : the journey from a roadblock to a change agent -- Civil courts and the role of restraining orders -- Models for judicial intervention -- Community-based and court-sponsored diversions -- Domestic violence, health, and the health system response -- Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response. |
| Subject |
Wife abuse -- United States.
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Family violence -- United States -- Prevention.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Buzawa, Carl G.
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Stark, Evan.
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Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger.
Domestic violence.
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| ISBN |
9781412956390 cloth |
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1412956390 cloth |
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9781412956406 paperback |
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1412956404 paperback |
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