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Title Preventing violence in Australia : policy, practice and solutions / editors, Andrew Day, Ephrem Fernandez
Published Annandale : Federation Press, 2015
Annandale, NSW : The Federation Press, 2015

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Description xvii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm
Contents Preventing violence in Australia: policy, practice and solutions -- Violence in Australia and its victims: a case for victims' rights and victim assistance -- Understanding homicide in Australia: exploring perpetrator accounts -- Violence prevention and early intervention: what works? -- Bullying in Australian schools: causes, consequences and proposed solutions -- Youth violence and mental health: associations and emerging service responses -- Assessing violence risk -- The problem of workplace violence: a focus on the mental health sector -- Alcohol and interpersonal violence: a symbiotic relationship -- Treating the seriously violent: the New Zealand experience -- Legal response to racially-motivated violence against ethnic minoroties: two Australian case studies -- Cultural relativism and indigenous family violence -- Violence, masculinity and age: theoretical linkages and practice implications -- Domestic violence against women: policy, practice and solutions in the Australian context -- Violence in Australia: some policy directions and challenges -- Conclusions and future directions
Summary This book has been written for all of those who are interested in understanding and preventing violence in Australia. Whether it occurs in the home, in the workplace, whilst out socialising or on the sports field, the personal, social, and economic costs of violence are often profound. Not only does it damage the physical and psychological health of those who are directly involved, but it also impacts adversely on many others -- including witnesses, family and friends, and those law enforcement and health professionals who are expected to respond. And yet, there have been few previous attempts to draw together the various disciplinary and professional perspectives on how we might approach the task of preventing violence in Australia. This book has been written by experts in violence prevention, whether they be forensic, clinical and developmental psychologists, criminologists and sociologists, social workers, or specialists in public policy, law, and education. They tell us how they understand violence and about those prevention strategies that they know to be effective
Analysis Violent crime
Crime prevention
Mental health
Domestic violence
Violence
Statistics
Bullying
Violence prevention; Government policy
Australian
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Violence (Law) -- New Zealand.
Violence -- Australia -- Prevention.
Violence -- Government policy -- Australia.
Violence (Law) -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia; New Zealand
Author Day, Andrew, editor
Fernandez, Ephrem, editor
LC no. 2014455862
ISBN 9781862879942