Domestic Violence and Protecting Children

New Thinking and Approaches

272 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In this volume, the authors present an overview of the innovative work taking place in relation to domestic violence and child protection. This book looks at new prevention initiatives and how interventions for children exposed to domestic violence have been developed. It shows how services for abusive fathers have evolved and provides discussion and critique of a number of new initiatives in the field of interagency risk assessment. With international perspectives and examples drawn from social care, health care and voluntary sectors, this book brings together established ideas with recent thinking to provide an authoritative summary of current domestic violence and child protection practice.As a valuable source of guidance on how to work safely with children living with domestic violence, this is a key reference for social workers, health professionals and policy makers.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziale Dienste und Sozialwesen, Kriminologie Sozialwesen, Sozialpolitik und soziale Dienste Sozialwesen und Sozialsysteme Kinder- und Jugendhilfe
• ISBN: 9781849054850
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.08.2015
• Größe: 227 x 151 mm
• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Herausgegeben von: Cathy Humphreys, Nicky Stanley