Publisher's Synopsis
Written by professionals in the fields of clinical service and research, Violence Against Women provides a broad perspective on the causes and consequences of intimate partner violence. It examines a wide range of relationships that may be affected by intimate partner violence and takes a culturally sensitive, international approach to issues underpinning family violence, dating violence, and the injuries children suffer when their caregivers perpetrate violence.
Violence Against Women offers insight into a variety of subjects including:
- Risk assessment for intimate partner violence.
- Safety planning for victims of intimate partner violence.
- Criminal prosecution of and protective orders against intimate partner violence.
- Homicide and suicide related to intimate partner violence.
- Intimate partner violence in LGBTQI relationships.
- Occurrence of and intervention in cases of intimate partner violence in the military
