The batterer as parent [electronic resource] : addressing the impact of domestic violence on family dynamics / Lundy Bancroft, Jay G. Silverman, Daniel Ritchie.

Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective, this text offers a view that takes into account the complex ways in which a batterer's abusive and controlling behaviors are woven into the fabric of daily life.

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Online Access: Full Text (via SAGE)
Main Author: Bancroft, Lundy
Other Authors: Silverman, Jay G., Ritchie, Daniel, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, ©2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Sage series on violence against women.
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Table of Contents:
  • The battering problem
  • Power parenting: the batterer's style with children
  • Shock waves: the batterer's impact on the home
  • The batterer as incest perpetrator
  • Impending recovery: the batterer as parent postseparation
  • The mismeasure of batterers as parents: a critique of prevailing theories of assessment
  • Supporting recovery: assessing risk to children from batterers and structuring visitation
  • Is it real? Assessing and fostering change in batterers as parents
  • Improving community responses to the parenting of batterers.