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Social work and intimate partner violence / Mary Allen.

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"Intimate partner violence is now recognised as a serious human rights abuse and increasingly as an important public health problem with severe consequences for women's physical, mental and sexual health. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of intimate partner violence is an essential...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Allen, Mary (Social worker)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Family violence.
Family violence > Prevention.
Family social work.
Victims of family violence > Services for.
Child welfare.
Child welfare
Family social work
Family violence
Family violence > Prevention
Victims of family violence > Services for
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What causes intimate partner violence?
  • Gender symmetry and the process of leaving abusive relationships
  • Resistance responses to abuse and understanding assessment instruments
  • Emergency and longer term interventions
  • Interventions in a medical, midwifery and mental health setting
  • Women with special needs
  • Domestic violence and child protection
  • Perpetrators programmes.

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