Margaret Borkowski, Mervyn Murch, Val Walker

Marital Violence

The Community Response

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1983, this book is based on research into the way practitioners in the medical, legal, and social services viewed marriage and violence at the time. It examines marital violence from a number of perspectives and the ways in which different agencies and practitioners respond to the problem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781032468952
• ISBN-10: 1032468955
• Artikelnr.: 69944631

Autorenporträt

Margaret Borkowski, Mervyn Murch, Val Walker

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Part I 1. Introduction 2. How Much Marital Violence Comes
to the Attention of Public Services? 3. Some Social Characteristics of
Victims of Marital Violence Part II 4. Problems of Definition 5. Problems
of Explanation 6. Questions of Evidence 7. Issues of Privacy and
Confidentiality 8. Ambivalence in Victims and Practitioners 9. Ignorance of
the Law is No Excuse 10. Role Definition 11. Perceptions of Other Services
Part III 12. The Significance of Agency Choice 13. Some Policy
Considerations. Appendix - The Practitioner Study: Mode of Sampling and
Characteristics of Practitioners. References. Name Index. Subject Index.