Responding to domestic violence : the integration of criminal justice and human services (4th edition)
Buzawa, Carl G
Responding to domestic violence : the integration of criminal justice and human services (4th edition) By Eve S. Buzawa, Carl G. Buzawa, Evan Stark. - 4th ed. - Thousand Oaks, Calif SAGE Publications 2012 - 478 p. : ill
Rev. ed. of: Domestic violence. 3rd ed. c2003. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence -- The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence -- Matters of history, faith, and society -- Theoretical explanations for domestic violence -- Selective screening : barriers to intervention -- The impetus for change -- The evolution of arrest preferences : criminalizing the societal response -- Variations in arrest practices -- The role of state and federal legislation -- Case prosecution : the journey from a roadblock to a change agent -- Civil courts and the role of restraining orders -- Models for judicial intervention -- Community-based and court-sponsored diversions -- Domestic violence, health, and the health system response -- Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response.
9781412956406 9781412956406 (pbk.)
2010046454
WIFE ABUSE--UNITED STATES
FAMILY VIOLENCE--UNITED STATES-- PREVENTION
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF--UNITED STATES
HV 6626.2 Buz
Responding to domestic violence : the integration of criminal justice and human services (4th edition) By Eve S. Buzawa, Carl G. Buzawa, Evan Stark. - 4th ed. - Thousand Oaks, Calif SAGE Publications 2012 - 478 p. : ill
Rev. ed. of: Domestic violence. 3rd ed. c2003. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence -- The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence -- Matters of history, faith, and society -- Theoretical explanations for domestic violence -- Selective screening : barriers to intervention -- The impetus for change -- The evolution of arrest preferences : criminalizing the societal response -- Variations in arrest practices -- The role of state and federal legislation -- Case prosecution : the journey from a roadblock to a change agent -- Civil courts and the role of restraining orders -- Models for judicial intervention -- Community-based and court-sponsored diversions -- Domestic violence, health, and the health system response -- Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response.
9781412956406 9781412956406 (pbk.)
2010046454
WIFE ABUSE--UNITED STATES
FAMILY VIOLENCE--UNITED STATES-- PREVENTION
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF--UNITED STATES
HV 6626.2 Buz