Responding to domestic violence
Subtitle: the integration of criminal justice and human services
By: Eve S. Buzawa, Carl G. Buzawa, Evan Stark
Contributors: Buzawa, Carl G.; Stark, Evan
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9781412956390; 9781412956406
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Family violence; Prevention; Wife abuse
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Domestic violence. 3rd ed. c2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence; title: The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence; title: Matters of history, faith, and society; title: Theoretical explanations for domestic violence; title: Selective screening : barriers to intervention; title: The impetus for change; title: The evolution of arrest preferences : criminalizing the societal response; title: Variations in arrest practices; title: The role of state and federal legislation; title: Case prosecution : the journey from a roadblock to a change agent; title: Civil courts and the role of restraining orders; title: Models for judicial intervention; title: Community-based and court-sponsored diversions; title: Domestic violence, health, and the health system response; title: Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response.