Tackling domestic violence : theories, policies and practice /
Harne, Lynne.
Tackling domestic violence : theories, policies and practice / Lynne Harne and Jill Radford. - Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Open University Press, 2008. - xii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The nature and extent of domestic violence - Impacts, coping and surviving domestic violence - Legal responses to domestic violence - Policing, prosecution and the courts - Preventing domestic violence - Community responses to domestic violence.
This interdisciplinary introduction to the problem of domestic violence presents an overview of the various arguments, policy developments and current research in the field. It explores new directions in professional responses, with a view to promoting and disseminating best practice in respect of this sensitive and still controversial issue.
9780335212484 (pbk.) : £17.99 0335212484 (pbk.) : £17.99 9780335212491 (hbk.) : £55.00 0335212492 (hbk.) : £55.00
Family violence--Great Britain.
Family violence--Prevention.--Great Britain
Family violence--Great Britain--Case studies.
Family violence--Government policy--Great Britain.
Victims of family violence--Services for--Great Britain.
362.8'292'0941
Tackling domestic violence : theories, policies and practice / Lynne Harne and Jill Radford. - Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Open University Press, 2008. - xii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The nature and extent of domestic violence - Impacts, coping and surviving domestic violence - Legal responses to domestic violence - Policing, prosecution and the courts - Preventing domestic violence - Community responses to domestic violence.
This interdisciplinary introduction to the problem of domestic violence presents an overview of the various arguments, policy developments and current research in the field. It explores new directions in professional responses, with a view to promoting and disseminating best practice in respect of this sensitive and still controversial issue.
9780335212484 (pbk.) : £17.99 0335212484 (pbk.) : £17.99 9780335212491 (hbk.) : £55.00 0335212492 (hbk.) : £55.00
Family violence--Great Britain.
Family violence--Prevention.--Great Britain
Family violence--Great Britain--Case studies.
Family violence--Government policy--Great Britain.
Victims of family violence--Services for--Great Britain.
362.8'292'0941