Author | Jenkins, Pamela J. author |
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Title | Stopping Domestic Violence [electronic resource] : How a Community Can Prevent Spousal Abuse / by Pamela J. Jenkins, Barbara Parmer Davidson |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1213-4 |
Descript | XI, 124 p. online resource |
1 Domestic Violence: The Players -- The Setting -- Primary Prevention and Domestic Violence -- Linking Primary Prevention to Community Settings -- Opportunities for Prevention -- Overview -- 2 Cops and the Community -- The Story of Policing in the United States -- History of Law Fnforcement Involvement in Domestic Violence -- Police Function and Role -- The Tension between Police Administration and Line Officers -- The Police and Public Scrutiny -- 3 Domestic Violence, Perception, and Decision-Making -- Perception -- How Players Make Decisions -- Unintended Outcomes -- Opportunities for Prevention: Beyond Arrest -- 4 Why Does Domestic Violence Happen? -- History -- Theoretical Explanations -- Biological Explanations -- Psychological and Social Psychological Explanations -- Sociological Models -- Feminist Models -- New Trends in Theory -- 5 What Do We Know about Domestic Violence? -- Identification -- What Happens in an Abusive Relationship? -- The Patterns of Violence and Abuse -- Demographics: Who Gets Hit? Who Are the Victims of Abuse? -- How Does the Victim Respond? -- Battered Women and Their Strategies to Escape, Avoid, and Survive Abuse -- 6 When Victims Ask for Help -- The Response of Helping Professions -- Prevention, Advocacy, and Safety Planning -- The Police Response -- Interview -- Assessment -- Documentation -- Victim Safety and Advocacy -- 7 Prevention and the Community: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Traditional Crime Prevention Efforts -- The Prevention Model -- Research as Mediation between Prevention Models -- Appendix A Victimโs Safety Plan -- Appendix B Suggested Readings -- References -- Author Index