Peter G. Jaffe, Nancy K. D. Lemon, Samantha E. Poisson

Child Custody and Domestic Violence

A Call for Safety and Accountability

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Child Custody and Domestic Violence: A Call for Safety and Accountability focuses on the complexity of the challenges facing judges, lawyers, legislators, and mental health professionals in developing safe and effective strategies for resolving custody disputes. Jaffe, Lemon, and Poisson integrate the most recent clinical and legal issues in the field in considering the prevalence of divorce and domestic violence as well as the relevance of domestic violence in custody disputes. The authors outline the essential differences between custody disputes with and without allegations and findings of domestic violence, and the different analysis and distinct interventions by judges, policymakers, and mental health professionals necessary in domestic violence cases.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 309g
• ISBN-13: 9780761918264
• ISBN-10: 0761918264
• Artikelnr.: 21828252

Autorenporträt

Peter Jaffe is the Founding Director (1975-2001) and Special Advisor on Violence Prevention of the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic; member of the Clinical Adjunct Faculty for the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario; former chair of the Board of Directors of the Battered Women¿s Advocacy Centre; and past Chairperson and a founding board member of the Board of Directors for the Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children. He gives presentations on violence and facilitates over 50 workshops a year for teachers, students, lawyers, judges, police, doctors, clergy and various community groups. Dr. Jaffe is the recipient of many awards and grants, author of numerous research articles, and co-author of four books dealing with children exposed to domestic violence.

Inhaltsangabe

Why Domestic Violence is Relevant in Child Custody Disputes
Assessing Safety and Responsibility in Child Custody Disputes
Changing Legislation and Legal Practice to Recognize Domestic Violence in
Child Custody Proceedings
From Theory to Practice: The Varying Responses of the Court System to
Domestic Violence in Child Custody Cases
A Framework for Action by Courts and Communities to Recognize the Plight of
Abused Victims and Their Children After Separation