John Devaney, Anne Lazenbatt

Domestic Violence Perpetrators

Evidence-Informed Responses

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Domestic violence is a serious, widespread public, social and health problem that affects the lives of many women, children and men. This comprehensive book provides an overview of what we know - and don't know - about the perpetrators of domestic violence and what works, and what doesn't, in promoting behaviour change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781138480483
• ISBN-10: 1138480487
• Artikelnr.: 50749987

Autorenporträt

John Devaney, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast, UK. He was a member of the governmental policy group which developed Northern Ireland's first domestic violence strategy, and has researched and published widely on familial violence. He is a former chair of the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Anne Lazenbatt, PhD, is a former Reader in Childhood Studies at Queen's University Belfast, UK. She is a psychologist with extensive experience of researching issues related to domestic violence and child maltreatment.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Defining and Measuring Domestic Violence
3. Explanations for Domestic Violence
4. Typologies of Domestic Violence Perpetrators
5. Changing Perpetrator Behaviour
6. Evidence Informed Interventions
7. Conclusions