Addressing violence, abuse and oppression : debates and challenges /
edited by Barbara Fawcett and Fran Waugh.
- London : Routledge, 2008.
- x, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-225) and index.
1. Introduction -- Part l: LENSES FOR UNDERSTANDING: FRAMING THE DEBATES WITHIN VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND OPPRESSION:- 2. Women and violence / Barbara Fawcett -- 3. Men and violence / Maurice Hanlon -- 4. Trapped within poverty and violence / Deborah Hart --5. Towards healing : recognizing the trauma surrounding aboriginal family violence / Karen Menzies and Lorna McNamara --PART 11: POLITICS AND POLICIES WITHIN VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND OPPRESSION:-:-6. Feminisms and domestic violence within national policy contexts / Ruth Phillips -- 7. Violence, criminal justice, the law, policy, and practice / Lesley Laing --8. Challenging the second closet : intimate partner violence between lesbians / Jude Irwin --9. Violence against women in rural settings / Margot Rawsthorne --PART 111. VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND OPPRESSION - ACROSS THE SPECTRUM:- 10. Violence against children within the family / Fran Waugh --11. Violence and the state : asylum seeker children / Denise Lynch --12. Out of the asylum : from restraint to freedom? / Zita Weber --13. Violence against the self, self harm, and suicide / Agi O\'Hara --14. Disability and violence / Barbara Fawcett --15. Older people and violence / Lindsey Napier and Fran Waugh --16. Human service professionals : violence and the workplace / Rosalie Pockett --17. Conclusion.
This book provides a broad overview of violence in relation to a range of groups and areas that social workers and human service professionals work with - men, women, children, mental health, youth, older people, the workplace, disability, sexuality and rural communities.