Domestic violence in international context

Introduction: international response to domestic violence / Julie Schroeder, Diana Bruns, Olga Osby and Safiya Omari -- Intimate partner violence in Canada : policies, practices, and prevalence / Darryl Plecas, Irwin Cohen and A. McCormick -- The prevalence of severe intimate partner violence in Swe...

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Contributors: Scharff Peterson, Diana (Editor) ; Schroeder, Julie A. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London New York Routledge 2017
In: Routledge studies in crime and society (27)
Year: 2017
Online Access: Table of Contents (Publisher)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 8477
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Keywords:
Family Violence
Victims of family violence
Police > Attitudes
Aufsatzsammlung
Familie > Häusliche Gewalt > Verbrechensopfer > Polizei > Einstellung > Internationaler Vergleich
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Summary:Introduction: international response to domestic violence / Julie Schroeder, Diana Bruns, Olga Osby and Safiya Omari -- Intimate partner violence in Canada : policies, practices, and prevalence / Darryl Plecas, Irwin Cohen and A. McCormick -- 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 Kim Trevillion, on behalf of Limeculture -- Levels of prevention of intimate partner violence against women analyzed from the multi-causal-ecological pyramidal model : the case of Spain / Victoria A. Ferrer-Perez andEperanza Bosch-Fiol -- Domestic violence in Italy : an epidemic phenomenon / Bruno Meini -- Domestic violence in Austria / Maximilian Edelbacher and Josef Horl -- Domestic violence in Turkey : unreported cases and civic/state response / Ozgur Solakoglu, M. Tugba Erdem, Suhey Gurbuz and Eray Karlidag -- Status quo and countermeasures on domestic violence in 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 and Miranda Lai -- Domestic violence in South Africa : an unpleasant narrative / Christiaan Bezuidenhout -- Combatting the menace of domestic violence : the Ghanaian experience / Gerald Depaah Gyamfi
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xix, 213 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:978-1-138-66964-2