Protecting children from domestic violence : strategies for community intervention / edited by Peter G. Jaffe, Linda L. Baker, Alison J. Cunningham.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Purpose and Overview / Peter G. Jaffe, Linda L. Baker and Alison J. Cunningham -- 2. Should Childhood Exposure to Audit Domestic Violence Be Defined as Child Maltreatment under the Law? / Jeffrey L. Edleson -- 3. Young Children Exposed to Adult Domestic Violence: Incidence, Assessment, and Intervention / B. B. Robbie Rossman, Jacqueline G. Rea, Sandra A. Graham-Bermann and Perry M. Butterfield -- 4. Group Intervention with Abusive Male Adolescents / Diane L. Davis -- 5. Fostering Resilient Coping in Children Exposed to Violence: Cultural Considerations / Sandra A. Graham-Bermann and Hilda M. Halabu -- 6. Safety Planning for Abused Women and Their Children / Jennifer L. Hardesty and Jacquelyn C. Campbell -- 7. Assessing Abusers' Risks to Children / Lundy Bancroft and Jay G. Silverman -- 8. Fatherhood and Domestic Violence: Exploring the Role of Abusive Men in the Lives of Their Children / Oliver J. Williams, Jacquelyn Boggess and Janet Carter -- 9. The Ethnic Media Outreach Project: "Canada Is a Country for Women" / Melpa Kamateros -- 10. Police in the Lives of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Collaborative Approaches to Intervention / Miriam Berkman, Robert L. Casey, Steven J. Berkowitz and Steven Marans -- 11. The Role of Family Courts in Domestic Violence: The Canadian Experience / Martha Shaffer and Nicholas Bala -- 12. The Role of Family Courts in Domestic Violence: The U.S. Experience / Billie Lee Dunford-Jackson -- 13. The Fourth R: Developing Healthy Relationships through School-Based Interventions / Peter G. Jaffe, David Wolfe, Claire Crooks, Ray Hughes and Linda L. Baker -- 14. Future Directions in Ending Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children / Linda L. Baker, Alison J. Cunningham and Peter G. Jaffe.

"The impact on children of domestic violence has received increasing attention, but awareness of the problem has not always translated into public action. This forward-thinking volume brings together leading mental health, legal, educational, and social services professionals from the U.S. and Canada to demonstrate how the problem of violence in the home can best be mitigated through community collaboration. The book provides an understanding of the effects of childhood exposure to domestic violence; considers the most promising assessment approaches; and examines specific interventions with victims and offenders, ranging from individual and group approaches to broader efforts involving schools, police, courts, and the media. Also addressed are the complexity of working with families from diverse cultural backgrounds and the often-ignored subject of how to enhance the roles of fathers in their children's lives."--Publisher description.

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