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

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This book covers the victim's and the offender's perspective and discusses the needs, preferences and satisfaction for intervention, as well as the impact of interventions. The diversity in victims is examined, suggesting that this not only impacts their needs, preferences, and attitudes,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger
Other Authors: Buzawa, Carl G., Stark, Evan D.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles Sage c2017.
Edition:Fifth Edition.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Family violence > United States > Prevention.
Wife abuse > United States.
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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