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Responding to domestic violence : the integration of criminal justice and human services / Eve S. Buzawa, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Carl G. Buzawa, Attorney, Evan D. Stark, Rutgers University, Newark.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2017Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xv, 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781483365305
  • 1483365301
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV6626 .B89 2017
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Contents:
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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Revised edition of Responding to domestic violence, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-433) 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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