Responding to domestic violence :
Buzawa, Eves.
Responding to domestic violence : the integration of criminal justice and human services by Eve S. Buzawa; Carl G. Buzawa and Evan Stark. - 4th ed. - Los Angeles: Sage, 2012. - 478 p.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence
Chapter 2. The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence
Chapter 3. Matters of history, faith, and society
Chapter 4. Theoretical explanations for domestic violence
Chapter 5. Selective screening : barriers to intervention
Chapter 6. The impetus for change
Chapter 7. The evolution of arrest preferences : criminalizing the societal response
Chapter 8. Variations in arrest practices
Chapter 9. The role of state and federal legislation
Chapter 10. Case prosecution : the journey from a roadblock to a change agent
Chapter 11. Civil courts and the role of restraining orders
Chapter 12. Models for judicial intervention
Chapter 13. Community-based and court-sponsored diversions
Chapter 14. Domestic violence, health, and the health system response
Chapter 15. Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response.
9781412956406
Criminology.
Family Violence--Prevention.
364.15553 / BUZ/RES
Responding to domestic violence : the integration of criminal justice and human services by Eve S. Buzawa; Carl G. Buzawa and Evan Stark. - 4th ed. - Los Angeles: Sage, 2012. - 478 p.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence
Chapter 2. The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence
Chapter 3. Matters of history, faith, and society
Chapter 4. Theoretical explanations for domestic violence
Chapter 5. Selective screening : barriers to intervention
Chapter 6. The impetus for change
Chapter 7. The evolution of arrest preferences : criminalizing the societal response
Chapter 8. Variations in arrest practices
Chapter 9. The role of state and federal legislation
Chapter 10. Case prosecution : the journey from a roadblock to a change agent
Chapter 11. Civil courts and the role of restraining orders
Chapter 12. Models for judicial intervention
Chapter 13. Community-based and court-sponsored diversions
Chapter 14. Domestic violence, health, and the health system response
Chapter 15. Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response.
9781412956406
Criminology.
Family Violence--Prevention.
364.15553 / BUZ/RES