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Initmate Partner Violence: Reflections on Experience, Theory, and Policy ed. by Mary Rucklos Hampton and Nikki Gerrard with an introduction by Sharon Butala Social Studies ISBN: 1-896951-90-2 6" x 9" Trade Paper $24.95 195 pages BISAC Codes FAM0010000 Family & Relationships/Abuse PSY010000 Psychology & Psychiatry/Counselling SOC025000 Social Science/Social Work

Intimate Partner Violence: Reflections on Experience, Theory, and Policy ed. by Mary Rucklos Hampton and Nikki Gerrard with an introduction by Sharon Butala This collection of nine essays by outstanding academics, scholars, and practitioners in the field of intimate partner abuse is now available for the general public, as well as front-line workers who work with battered women, for government and non-governmental organization policymakers and lobbyists, for healthcare workers and mental health professionals, for family practitioners and internists. It is an excellent resource for psychotherapists, social workers, family therapists, group therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and pastoral counsellors. Subjects covered include, among others: the formation and application of policy; the impact of policy on victims of violence and anti-violence workers; developing good policies about intimate partner violence; myths about women abused by intimate partners; the nature of the abuse throughout the relationship; the impact of abuse; the genesis of the abuse; social exclusion and bondedness to cultural community; understanding domestic violence; defining domestic violence; risk and the abused woman; and harm reduction and abusive women's safety. Contributors are Mary R. Hampton and Nikki Gerrard; Leslie Tutty; Nayar Javed in partnership with Nikki Gerrard; Carmen Gill; Karen M. Nielsen and Ann Marie Dewhurst; Jane Ursel; Deb Farden; and Stephanie Martin. About Nikki Gerrard. About Mary Rucklos Hampton.