Addressing violence, abuse and oppression : debates and challenges / edited by Barbara Fawcett and Fran Waugh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fawcett, Barbara, 1955-

Waugh, Fran, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Human services.

Violence.

Victims of family violence.

Women--Abuse of.

Women.

People with disabilities--Abuse of.

People with disabilities.

Physical Description:

x, 232 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

Everyone working in health and social care is at one point or another confronted by violent behaviour and its consequences. Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression provides a broad overview of violence in relation to a range of groups and areas that involve human service professionals.

Adopting an international perspective, this book looks at the ways in which violence, abuse and oppression can be clearly associated with power imbalances which are often gendered and which are covertly or overtly manifested at a range of levels including the interpersonal as well as the organizational and the political. It explores debates and challenges with regard to theoretical orientations, policy frameworks and how power imbalances intersect with a range of influencing factors including gender, poverty, indigenous/ethnic issues, class and sexuality.

Examining the implications for human service professionals, each chapter of Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression provides an historical overview, explores theoretical perspectives, examines specific policy and practice context, appraises the contribution from research and assesses the impact for individuals and groups.

Contents:

Introduction

Women and violence / Barbara Fawcett

Men and violence / Maurice Hanlon

Trapped within poverty and violence / Deborah Hart

Towards healing : recognizing the trauma surrounding Aboriginal family violence / Karen Menzies and Lorna McNamara

Feminism(s) and domestic violence within national policy contexts / Ruth Phillips

'Violence', criminal justice, the law, policy and practice / Lesley Laing

Challenging the second closet : intimate partner violence between lesbians / Jude Irwin

Violence against women in rural settings / Margot Rawsthorne

Violence against children within the family / Fran Waugh

Violence and the state : asylum seeker children / Denise Lynch

Out of the asylum : from restraints to freedom? / Zita Weber

Violence against the self : self-harm and suicide / Agi O'Hara

Disability and violence / Barbara Fawcett

Older people and violence / Lindsey Napier and Fran Waugh

Human service professionals, violence and the workplace / Rosalie Pockett

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0415422647

9780415422642

0415422639

9780415422635

OCLC:

145145550

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