Domestic Violence in International Context

Herausgeber: Scharff Peterson, Diana; Schroeder, Julie

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together expert scholars native to twelve different countries to examine the history and scope of domestic violence and how it is being addressed, repressed or ignored in their thirteen respective countries. Their specialised knowledge and unique data come together to create a series of snapshots that will guide nations, societies and communities worldwide in formulating effective strategies to prevent, intervene and combat this epidemic, and examine partnerships and programmes already in place. This book is essential reading for practitioners, policy makers, and human rights organisations, as well as students and scholars of criminology, social work, sociology and law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9781138669642
• ISBN-10: 1138669644
• Artikelnr.: 47329678

Autorenporträt

Diana Scharff Peterson is Professor of Criminology at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, USA. Julie A. Schroeder is Professor at the School of Social Work, Jackson State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: International Response to Domestic Violence (Julie Schroeder,
Diana Scharff Peterson, Olga Osby and Safiya Omari)
1. Intimate Partner Violence in Canada: Policies, Practices, and Prevalence
(Darryl Plecas, Irwin Cohen and A. McCormick)
2. The Prevalence of Severe Intimate Partner Violence in Sweden (Susanne
Strand and Heidi Selenius)
3. Responding to Domestic Abuse in England and Wales (Stephanie L. Reardon
and Kim Trevillion, on behalf of Limeculture)
4. Levels of Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women
Analyzed From the Multi-Causal-Ecological Pyramidal Model: The Case of
Spain (Victoria A. Ferrer-Perez and Eperanza Bosch-Fiol)
5. Domestic Violence in Italy: An Epidemic Phenomenon (Bruno Meini)
6. Domestic Violence in Austria (Maximilian Edelbacher and Josef Horl)
7. Domestic Violence in Turkey: Unreported Cases and Civic/State Response
(Ozgur Solakoglu, M. Tugba Erdem, Suhey Gurbuz and Eray Karlidag)
8. Status Quo and Countermeasures on Domestic Violence in Japan (Susumu
Nagai)
9. The Vietnamese Police Response to Domestic Violence Against Women: The
Family Unit Under Pressure (Mike Perkins, Louise Cotrel-Gibbons and Huong
Thu Nguyen)
10. Domestic Violence in Australia - A Wicked Problem (Sedat Mulayim and
Miranda Lai)
11. Domestic Violence in South Africa: An Unpleasant Narrative (Christiaan
Bezuidenhout)
12. Combatting the Menace of Domestic Violence: The Ghanaian Experience
(Gerald Depaah Gyamfi)