Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger.

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.

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Criminal justice, Administration of--United States
Family violence--Prevention--United States
Wife abuse--United States