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The innovative character of the battered women′s movement is evident in countries around the world. Providing an integrated and balanced view of the many facets of this international problem, Future Interventions with Battered Women and Their Families critically examines the progress made and assesses the strategies for the future. This much-needed volume addresses the surge of efforts in the battered women′s movement while challenging the reader to reflect, assimilate, and take action. An outstanding group of experts from around the globe studies important features of the movement, including --the way in which different societies define the problem --global organizing efforts to end violence against women --innovative strategies to organize informal social networks --new interventions to assist victims/survivors, perpetrators, and their children --practice research that informs intervention Future Interventions with Battered Women and Their Families provides diverse perspectives and directions for the movement that will influence a wide range of professionals serving battered women and their families, including medical and mental health professionals, battered women′s advocates, legal and law enforcement professionals, policymakers, and students in social work, psychology, counseling psychology, and women′s studies.

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• Visions of Continued Change
• Part 1 Changing Societies
• Violence against Women
• Global Organizing for Change
• Domestic Violence, Racism and the Battered Women's Movement in the United States
• Part 2 Changing Community Responses
• The Battered Women's Movement in the United States
• New Directions for Institutional Reform
• Tensions and Possibilities
• Enhancing Informal Responses to Domestic Violence
• Wife Abuse in the Arab Society in Israel
• Challenges for Future Change
• Part 3 Intervention With Survivors, Perpetrators and Their Children
• Battered Women's Strategic Response to Violence
• The Role of Context
• 'Secondary' Victims No More
• Refocusing Intervention with Children
• Controversy and Change in Batterers' Programs
• Expanding Sanctions for Batterers
• What Can We Do besides Jailing and Counseling Them?
• Toward a Phenomenological Intervention with Violence in Intimate Relationships
• Couple Therapy with Battered Women and Abusive Men
• Does It Have a Future?
• The Future of Intervention in Woman Battering
• Common Themes and Emerging Directions

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Jeffrey L. Edleson, PhD, is Dean and Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare. He is Professor Emeritus in the University of Minnesota School of Social Work and founding director of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse. He has published more than 130 articles and 12 books on domestic violence, group work, and program evaluation. Edleson recently served on the US National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.