Responding to domestic violence : the integration of criminal justice and human services /
Eve S. Buzawa, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Carl G. Buzawa, Senior Vice President?Textron Systems, Evan D. Stark, Rutgers University, Newark.
- Fifth Edition.
- Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2015.
- pages cm
Revised edition of Responding to domestic violence, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- What is domestic violence? -- Defining the problem -- Matters of history, faith, and society -- Theoretical approaches -- The criminal justice response -- Barriers to intervention -- The impetus for change -- Policing domestic violence -- Prosecuting domestic violence -- The role of restraining orders -- The judicial response -- The societal response -- Mandated institutional change -- Community based and court sponsored diversions -- Domestic violence, health, and the health system response -- Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response -- Conclusion: towards the prevention of domestic violence : challenges and -- Opportunities.
9781483365305
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States Family violence--Prevention--United States Wife abuse--United States