Future interventions with battered women and their families /
editors, Jeffrey L. Edleson, Zvi C. Eisikovits.
- x, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
- Sage series on violence against women ; v. 3 .
- Sage series on violence against women ; v. 3. .
Based on several meetings of the International Study Group on the Future of Intervention with Battered Women & Their Families, which convened in Haifa, Israel, in March 1995, sponsored by the Women's League for Israel.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Vision of Continued Change -- Violence Against Women: Global Organizing for Change -- Domestic Violence, Racism, and the Battered Women's Movement in the United States -- The Battered Women's Movement in the United States: New Directions for Institutional Reform -- Tensions and Possibilities: Enhancing Informal Responses to Domestic Violence -- Wife Abuse in the Arab Society in Israel: Challenges for Future Change -- Battered Women's Strategic Response to Violence: The Role of Context -- "Secondary" Victims No More: Refocusing Intervention With Children -- Controversy and Change in Batterers' Programs -- Expanding Sanctions for Batterers: What Can We Do Besides Jailing and Counseling Them? -- Toward a Phenomenological Intervention With Violence in Intimate Relationships -- Couple Therapy With Battered Women and Abusive Men: Does It Have a Future? -- The Future of Intervention in Woman Battering: Common Themes and Emerging Directions -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
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