Handbook of Domestic Violence Intervention Strategies : Policies, Programs, and Legal Remedies

Foreword, Judge Marjory D. Fields
Contributors
Part I: Introduction, Public Policy, Research, and Social Action
1. Myths, Facts, and Realities Regarding Battered Women and Their Children: An Overview, Albert R. Roberts
2. Domestic Violence Theories, Research, and Practice Implications, Mary P. Brewster
3. Comparative Analysis of Battered Women in the Community With Battered Women in Prison for Killing Their Intimate Partners, Albert R. Roberts
4. Duration and Severity of Woman Battering: A Conceptual Model/Continuum, Albert R. Roberts
5. National Organizational Survey of Domestic Violence Coalitions, Patricia Brownell and Albert R. Roberts
Part II: Criminal Justice and Legal System Responses
6. Police Responses to Battered Women: Past, Present, and Future, Albert R. Roberts and Karel Kurst-Swanger
7. Court Responses to Battered Women and Their Children, Albert R. Roberts and Karel Kurst-Swanger
8. Improving Judicial System Responses to Domestic Violence: The Promises and Risks of Integrated Case Management and Technology Solutions, Susan Keilitz
9. Innovations in the Legal System's Response to Domestic Violence: Thinking Outside the Box for the Silent Majority of Battered Women, Amy P. Barasch and Victoria L. Lutz
10. A National Study of the Integration of Domestic Violence Assessment Into Child Welfare Practice, Linda G. Mills and Carrie J. Petrucci
11. Preparing for Expert Testimony in Domestic Violence Cases, Evan Stark
Part III: Health Care, Addictions, and Mental Health Treatment
12. Helping Battered Women: A Health Care Perspective, Mary Boes and Virginia McDermott
13. Mental Health Assessment Tools and Techniques for Working With Battered Women, Thomas L. Jackson, Patricia A. Petretic-Jackson, and Tricia H. White
14. Battered Women: Treatment Goals and Treatment Planning, Patricia A. Petretic-Jackson, Tricia H. Witte, and Thomas L. Jackson
15. Promising Directions for Helping Chemically Involved Battered Women Get Safe and Sober, Theresa M. Zubretsky
Part IV: Crisis Intervention, Advocacy, and Specialized Programs
16. Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: The Role of Impact, Assessment, and Treatment, Peter Lehmann and Stephanie Rabenstein
17. A Comprehensive Model for Crisis Intervention With Battered Women and Their Children, Albert R. Roberts and Beverly Schenkman Roberts
18. Beyond Shelters: Support Groups and Community-Based Advocacy for Abused Women, Leslie M. Tutty and Michael Rothery
19. Interventions for Batterers: Program Approaches, Program Tensions, Bea Hanson
Part V: Vulnerable At-Risk Groups and Multicultural Issues
20. Domestic Violence Among Lesbian Couples, Janice L. Ricks, Carol (Jan) Vaughan, and Sophia F. Dziegielewski
21. Latina Battered Women: Barriers to Service Delivery and Cultural Considerations, Gloria Bonilla Santiago
22. Asian Battered Women: Assessment and Treatment, Mo Yee Lee
23. Elder Abuse and Gerontological Social Work, Patricia Brownell
Name Index
Subject Index

Keywords: PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family PSY041000