Preventing partner violence
Subtitle: research and evidence-based intervention strategies
By: edited by Daniel J. Whitaker, John R. Lutzker.
Contributors: Whitaker, Daniel J.; Lutzker, John R., 1947-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781433804342
Subjects: Marital violence -- Prevention; Family violence -- Prevention; Child abuse -- Prevention; Dating violence -- Prevention; Psychological abuse -- Prevention
Description: This work overviews current research on the causes, forms, prevention, and treatment of intimate partner violence (IPV). Emphasis is on understanding the development of IPV perpetration by itself and in the context of various risk factors. Some topics examined include theoretical approaches to the etiology of partner violence, partner violence and child maltreatment, prevention of adolescent dating abuse, and gender symmetry in partner violence. The readership for the book includes students and professionals in social work, criminal justice, victims' rights, public health, nursing, medicine, and public policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to preventing partner violence / by Daniel Whitaker and John Lutzker; title: Foundations; title: Definitions, surveillance systems, and the prevalence and incidence of intimate partner violence in the U.S. / by Sherry Lipsky and Raul Caetano); title: Theoretical approaches to the etiology of partner violence / by Erica M. Woodin and K. Daniel O'Leary; title: Risk factors associated with intimate partner violence / by Sandra M. Stith and Catherine L. McMonigle; title: The association of partner violence to child maltreatment : a common conceptual framework / by Deborah M. Capaldi, Hyoun K. Kim, and Katherine C. Pears; title: Health effects of partner violence : aiming toward prevention / by Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Marguerite Baty, Kathryn Laughon, and Anne Woods; title: Prevention and intervention; title: Primary prevention of adolescent dating abuse perpetration : when to begin, whom to target, and how to do it / by Vangie A. Foshee and Luz McNaughton Reyes; title: Advancing interventions for perpetrators of physical partner violence : batterer prevention programs and beyond / by Daniel J. Whitaker & Phyllis Holditch Niolon; title: Expanding our vision : using the human rights framework to strengthen our service response to female victims of male intimate partner violence / by Nancy Glass, Chiquita Rollins, and Tina Bloom; title: Criminal justice responses to partner violence : history, evaluation, and lessons from interventions for criminal conduct / by N. Zoe Hilton and Grant T. Harris; title: Gender symmetry in partner violence : evidence and implications for primary prevention and treatment / by Murray A. Straus and Katreena Scott; title: Conclusion; title: Future directions in preventing partner violence / by Daniel J. Whitaker and John R. Lutzker.