Guidelines for Police Training on Violence Against Women and Child Abuse
Edition: Second edition edition
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: January 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780850925760
Subjects: Child abuse; Police & security services; Family Violence; Police Science; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Law; Politics/International Relations; Abuse - Sexual; Gender Studies; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Criminology; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights
Description: "Guidelines for Police Training on Violence Against Women and Child Abuse presents an overview of violence against women and child abuse. It covers eight specific issues: gender, human rights and the law; police attitudes and sensitisation; crime prevention approaches to repeat victimisation; perspectives on offender profiling; evidence and investigation techniques; medical and forensic evidence and investigation procedures; liaison with non-police organisations; and statistics, data collection and case management." "The authors also introduce training modules on rape, other sexual offences, domestic violence, child abuse and protection as models of good practice from selected Commonwealth countries."--Jacket.