Responding to domestic violence : the integration of criminal justice and human services /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger
Other Authors: Buzawa, Carl G., Stark, Evan D.
Format: Printed Book
Published: New Delhi: Sage, 2017.
Edition:Fifth Edition.
Subjects:
Wife abuse > United States.
Family violence > United States
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Online Access:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiswfb0haveAhVCb30KHQ1QASIQFjAAegQICBAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fus.sagepub.com%2Fen-us%2Fnam%2Fresponding-to-domestic-violence%2Fbook240252&usg=AOvVaw2Ee8g5oVQSoe5QwN-xiTX-
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What is domestic violence?
  • Defining the problem
  • Matters of history, faith, and society
  • Theoretical approaches
  • The criminal justice response
  • Barriers to intervention
  • The impetus for change
  • Policing domestic violence
  • Prosecuting domestic violence
  • The role of restraining orders
  • The judicial response
  • The societal response
  • Mandated institutional change
  • Community based and court sponsored diversions
  • Domestic violence, health, and the health system response
  • Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response
  • Conclusion: towards the prevention of domestic violence : challenges and
  • Opportunities.

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