Introduction. Part One: Children and Domestic Violence. 1. Domestic Violence: What Is It? 2. Domestic Violence and the Abuse of Children. 3. The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children. Part Two: The Legal Context. 4. Making Safe Arrangements for Children Affected by Domestic Violence: Public and Private Law. 5. Protection under Criminal Law. 6. Protection from Violence under Civil Law. 7. Protection against Domestic Violence under Housing Law. Part Three: Practice Interventions. 8. Social Care Responses to Domestic Violence and Abuse of Children. 9. Practice and Intervention with Children in Circumstances of Domestic Violence. 10. Intervention with Male Perpetrators of Domestic Violence. 11. Multi-Agency Involvement and Cooperation in Relation to Domestic Violence. 12. Working with and Supporting Women Experiencing Domestic Violence. References. Index.
Marianne Hester is Professor of Gender, Violence and International Policy in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, and part of the Violence Against Women Research Group. She has written extensively on children and domestic violence, and, with Lorraine Radford, co-authored Mothering Through Domestic Violence, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Chris Pearson is Co-ordinator of Exeter Women's Aid. She previously worked at the University of Bristol and was a member of the Domestic Violence Research Group. Nicola Harwin is the Chief Executive of the Women's Aid Federation of England.
this is a highly recommended book and a must-have for all
professionals who wish to help and support children affected by
domestic violence.
*Child Care in Practice*
As a researcher with a specific interest in domestic violence and
socially excluded and vulnerable children, and having spent the
last six years evaluating policy and practice in both areas, I
found this book to be an invaluable addition to my own bookshelf as
it clearly links the two research areas. It also provides an
excellent source of information on relevant legislation and
literature, not to mention practice tips, and will be much thumbed
in the years to come.
*Journal of Children's Services*
This second edition builds on the important work begun in the
first. It incorporates an updated overview of key peices of
legislation, both civil and criminal,provides a comprehensive
review of research findings and their implications for practice.
The author's stated hope is to 'enable professionals working with
children and their families to develop informed and appropriately
sophisticated responses that safeguard and promote the welfare of
children living in circumstances of domestic violence.' Overall,
this Reader offers a sophisticated analysis of the issues. It is
informed and supported by a broad range of research findings and
illustrated with well chosen case examples. The writing is engaging
and accessible, and the structure helpful. Reader is an extremely
useful resource for individual study and evidence-based practice.
It is recommended to any student or practioner in the legal,
medical, teaching or caring professions working with children and
their families.
*Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law*
This is a book that is thorough and comprehensive in its coverage,
identifies gaps in knowledge, points to possible future
developments and keeps the needs of children paramount, without
losing track of other perspectives on the topic of domestic
violence. Overall, this is an excellent, accessibly presented
resource for practitioners from all backrounds.
*Journal of Interprofessional Care*
Praise for the second edition:
'This book provides an overview of how workers need to acknowledge
and protect victims of domestic violence. It reflects on how
professional bodies and the law are changing their approaches to
focus on the experience of the child... Highlighted in detail are
the processes by which professional bodies outline accountability.
Domestic violence clearly devastates whole families and all
agencies involved must be held accountable and ensure that children
and women are not left at risk.'
*Children and Young People Now*
Praise for the first edition:
'It is clear from the first few pages that this book will, without
doubt, be a vital resource for professionals and those whose work
brings them into contact with children affected by domestic
violence, whether they serve as social workers, professional
agencies, refuges, churches, police workers, school workers - in
fact, anyone who comes into contact with children during the course
of their work would do well to read this excellent book.'
*www.adoption-net.co.uk*
This impressive summarative text is well-written, well structured,
evidence based, focuses on the situation in the UK and is difficult
to put down once you have started to read it. This achievement is
more astonishing when you consider the tough messages it must
convey to practitioners if they are to be equipped enough to
intervene in these complex family situations... It is the most
imaginative and potentially useful reader I have come across in the
last ten years and is an excellent platform from which to build our
responses.
*Child: Care, Health and Development*
The Reader is undoubtedly a valuable and informative resource for
any professional or agency working within the field of domestic
violence. It is suitable for individual study and provides
underpinning knowledge to support training in this area.
*Child Care in Practice*
A few pages into this pack it was clear that here was a rich and
timely resource for trainers who are working to achieve changes in
the way all agencies respond to those experiencing, living with or
perpetrating domestic violence.
*Child Abuse Review*
This is a very welcome book, which recognises the complex impact
that domestic violence can have on children, and asks how relevant
policy and practice might be improved. The material is presented
well, the analysis is sophisticated, the language is user-friendly
and jargon-free, and the reader can dip into the chapter without
having to read it as a discrete unit... The book brings together
material from a wide range of sources and has an excellent
bibliography.
*Health and Social Care in the Community*
It is well-constructed, readable, easy to follow and has case
studies and legal source material.
*Family Law*
A valuable addition to the increasing literature on a persistent
problem affecting everyone in the family. The authors have put
together a resource for all those working with children and
families. It offers much for those concerned to enhance
inter-agency working and to find creative ways to safeguard women
at risk and minimize the emotional damage caused to children
witnessing domestic violence.
*Journal of Family Health Care*
This publication comprises a set of training materials for
front-line staff. It provides an overview of the burgeoning
research and considers dilemmas that can confront practitioners in
dealing with children exposed to violence in the home. One of the
publication's merits is that these dilemmas are explored with close
reference to carefully selected case studies and relevant legal
provisions.
*ChildRIGHT*
This Reader will enable professionals working with children to
develop informed, sophisticated and collaborative child care and
protection responses for children who are experiencing domestic
violence.
*De Politie Officer*
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