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.