ABSTRACT

This book explodes the myths concerning domestic violence and explores how the responses of social workers and probation officers to the people involved need to be far better coordinated and more effective.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|16 pages

The terms of the debate

chapter 2|46 pages

What do we know about domestic violence?

chapter 3|17 pages

Social work as part of the problem

chapter 9|27 pages

The men who abuse

What kind of intervention in groups?

chapter 10|29 pages

Working together for change

The wider context and the empowerment of women