Family violence from a global perspective : a strengths-based approach / editors, Sylvia M. Asay, John DeFrain, Marcee Metzger, Bob Moyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Asay, Sylvia M., editor.

DeFrain, John D., editor.

Metzger, Marcee, editor.

Moyer, Bob, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family violence--Case studies.

Family violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 298 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on the expertise of authors from 21 countries to tell the story of domestic violence in their country, it lends academic, professional, and victims' expertise to determine these strengths and analyze how they can translate into greater safety for victims and increased accountability for perpetrators, including imroved policy formation.

Contents:

Detailed Contents

Introduction

Africa

Chapter 1 - Family Violence From a Global Perspective: Strengths-Based Research and Case Studies: the Case of South Africa

Chapter 2 - Domestic Violence in Botswana: Factors That Help Women Overcome Abuse

Chapter 3 - Domestic Violence in Kenya: Strengths-Based Research

Asia

Chapter 4 - Domestic Violence in a Chinese Cultural Context: Who Gets the Blame?

Chapter 5 - Family Violence From an Indian Perspective

Chapter 6 - Marital Violence in South Korea

Europe

Chapter 7 - Domestic Violence Against Women in Greece

Chapter 8 - Family Violence in Moldova

Chapter 9 - Violence in the Modern Russian Family

Latin America

Chapter 10 - Intrafamilial Violence and Social Vulnerability: A Glimpse of the Reality in Brazil

Chapter 11 - Family Violence in Mexico

The Middle East

Chapter 12 - Contextualizing Oppression and Family Violence in Israel: Israeli and Palestinian Experiences

North America

Chapter 13 - Family Violence in Canada

Chapter 14 - Family Violence in the United States: A Community and a Country Respond

Oceania

Chapter 15 - Good Things Come to Those Who Wait: Striving to Address Domestic and Family Violence in Australia

Chapter 16 - Family Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand

Epilogue: A Strengths-Based Conceptual Framework for Understanding Family Violence Worldwide

Index

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483310411

1483310418

9781336281011

1336281014

9781483387635

1483387631

OCLC:

903238586