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Title Violence against women : current theory and practice in domestic abuse, sexual violence and exploitation / edited by Nancy Lombard and Lesley McMillan
Published London : Jessica Kingsley, 2012
London : Jessica Kingsley, 2013

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 W'PONDS  362.880820941 Lom/Vaw  AVAILABLE
Description 256 pages. ; 23 cm
Series Research highlights in social work ; 56
Research highlights in social work ; 56
Contents 1.Coercive Control / Evan Stark -- 2.The ̀Three Planet Model': Towards an Understanding of Contradictions in Approaches to Women and Children's Safety in Contexts of Domestic Violence / Marianne Hester -- 3.Domestic Violence, Safety and Child Contact in England: Hiding Violent Men in the Shadows of Parenting / Lorraine Radford -- 4.Sexual Victimisation: Disclosure, Responses and Impact / Lesley McMillan -- 5.Violence Against Sex Workers in the UK / Alison Phipps -- 6.Love, Power and Control: Girls' Experiences of Relationship Exploitation and Violence / Melanie McCarry -- 7.Older Women and Domestic Abuse: Where Ageism and Sexism Intersect / Marsha Scott -- 8.Intersecting Inequalities: Implications for Addressing Violence Against Black and Minority Ethnic Women in the United Kingdom / Aisha K. Gill -- 9.Domestic Abuse in the UK: Why We Need to Understand Perpetrators / Elizabeth Gilchrist --
10.̀What About the Men?' Understanding Men's Experiences of Domestic Abuse Within a Gender-based Model of Violence / Nancy Lombard -- 11.Effecting Operational Change Through Training: Challenges and Approaches / Nel Whiting -- 12.Partnership Working and Tackling Violence Against Women: Pitfalls and Possibilities / Kirstein Rummery -- 13.Taking Stock: Theory and Practice in Violence Against Women / Lesley McMillan
Summary This book addresses the issue of domestic violence against women, drawing on research findings, policy developments and current debates to contextualise its alarming prevalence and to propose informed ways of addressing, through training and practice, the needs of both victims and perpetrators in current social and related care provision
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women -- Violence against.
Girls -- Violence against.
Sex crimes.
Women -- Violence against -- Great Britain.
Girls -- Violence against -- Great Britain.
Sex crimes -- Great Britain.
Women -- Violence against -- Great Britain -- Prevention.
Abused women -- Services for -- Great Britain.
Women -- Crimes against -- Lesotho.
Domestic Violence.
Child Abuse, Sexual.
Sex Offenses.
Spouse Abuse.
Battered Women.
Crime Victims.
Sex Offenses.
Violence.
SUBJECT United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113
Lesotho. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007927
Author Lombard, Nancy, 1977-
McMillan, Lesley, 1976-
LC no. 2012027220
ISBN 9781849051323
1849051321 (paperback)