Responding to domestic violence: the integration of criminal justice and human services

Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence -- The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence -- Matters of history, faith, and society -- Theoretical explanations for domestic violence -- Selective screening : barriers to intervention -- The imp...

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Main Author: Buzawa, Eve S. (Author)
Contributors: Buzawa, Carl G. (Other) ; Stark, Evan D. ; Stark, Evan
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles [u.a.] SAGE 2012
In:Year: 2012
Edition:4. ed.
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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Summary:Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence -- The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence -- Matters of history, faith, and society -- Theoretical explanations for domestic violence -- Selective screening : barriers to intervention -- The impetus for change -- The evolution of arrest preferences : criminalizing the societal response -- Variations in arrest practices -- The role of state and federal legislation -- Case prosecution : the journey from a roadblock to a change agent -- Civil courts and the role of restraining orders -- Models for judicial intervention -- Community-based and court-sponsored diversions -- Domestic violence, health, and the health system response -- Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response
Item Description:Frh. Aufl. u.d.T.: Domestic violence: the criminal justice response / Eve S. Buzawa; Carl G. Buzawa
Physical Description:478 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9781412956406
9781412956390