1st Edition

Intervening With Assaulted Women Current Theory, Research, and Practice

Edited By Barbara Pressman, Gary Cameron, Michael Rothery Copyright 1989
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    Domestic violence against women is a problem that cries out for informed discussion and effective treatments. Intervening With Assaulted Women is a definitive response to those cries.

    The authors of each of the chapters included in this collection were selected for their ability to address a different issue related to the abuse of women. As a result, a wide range of concerns are confronted and discussed in this book, among them, the socio-political underpinnings of violence against women, the early childhood learning of assaultive men, and the traumatic impact of abuse on women and children.

    As for possible treatments, a current and uniquely comprehensive range of responses is described and evaluated, making this an excellent text for both front-line and classroom settings.

    Contents: B. Pressman, M. Rothery, Introduction: Implications of Assaults Against Women for Professional Helpers. B. Pressman, Power and Ideological Issues in Intervening With Assaulted Women. B. Pressman, Treatment of Wife Abuse: The Case for Feminist Therapy. J. Magill, Family Therapy: An Approach to the Treatment of Wife Assault. S.E. Palmer, R.A. Brown, Effective Interventions With Assaultive Husbands. T.E. Moore, D. Pepler, R. Mae, M. Kates, Effects of Family Violence on Children: New Directions for Research and Intervention. P.L. McDonald, Helping With the Termination of an Assaultive Relationship. P.L. McDonald, Transition Houses and the Problem of Family Violence. L.J. Fusco, Integrating Systems: Police, Courts, and Assaulted Women. A. Westhues, What We Know About Preventing Wife Assault. G. Cameron, Community Development Principles and Helping Battered Women: A Summary Chapter.

    Biography

    Pressman, Barbara; Cameron, Gary; Rothery, Michael

    "Because of the many professions involved, including social work, medicine, law enforcement, law, ministry, psychology, and education, this well-written book deserves a wide distribution."
    Journal of Clinical Psychiatry