| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 213 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge studies in crime and society ; 27 |
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Routledge studies in crime and society ; 27.
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| Contents |
Introduction: international response to domestic violence / Julie A. Schroeder, Diana Scharff Peterson, Safiya Omari and Olga Osby -- Intimate partner violence in Canada : policies, practices, and prevalence / Amanda V. McCormick, Irwin M. Cohen, and Darryl Plecas -- The prevalence of severe intimate partner violence in Sweden / Susanne Strand and Heidi Selenius -- Responding to domestic abuse in England and Wales / Stephanie L. Reardon and Kylee Trevillion (on behalf of Limeculture Community Interest Company) -- Levels of prevention of intimate partner violence against women analysed from the multi-causal-ecological pyramidal model : the case of Spain / Victoria A. Ferrer-Pérez and Eperanza Bosch-Fiol -- Domestic violence : an epidemic which demolishes the myth of the traditional Italian family / Bruno Meini -- Domestic violence in Austria / Maximilian Edelbacher and Josef Hörl -- Domestic violence in Turkey : unreported cases and civic/state response / Özgür Solakoǧlu, M. Tugba Erdem, Suheyl Gurbuz and Eray Karlidag -- Status of victims of spousal violence and the future tasks : the case of Japan / Susumu Nagai -- The Vietnamese police response to domestic violence against women : the family unit under pressure / Mike Perkins, Louise Cotrel-Gibbons, and Huong Thu Nguyen -- Domestic violence in Australia : a wicked problem / Sedat Mulayim, Mervyn Jackson, and Miranda Lai -- Domestic violence in South Africa / Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Laetitia Coetzee -- Combatting the menace of domestic violence : the Ghanaian experience / Gerald Depaah Gyamfi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Family violence.
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Victims of family violence.
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Police -- Attitudes.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Family violence
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Police -- Attitudes
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Victims of family violence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scharff Peterson, Diana, editor.
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Schroeder, Julie A., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781317209928 |
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1317209923 |
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9781315618098 |
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1315618095 |
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