Safety Planning with Battered Women Vol. 7Complex Lives/Difficult Choices |
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| Author:
| Davies, Jill
Lyon, Eleanor J.
Monti-Catania, Diane |
| Series title: | SAGE Series on Violence Against Women Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7619-1225-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $86.00 |
Book Description:
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Drawing attention to the complexity of helping battered women and their children, this volume introduces a new model of `women-defined′ advocacy.
The model emphasizes: understanding a battered woman′s perspective, including her risk analysis and safety plan; building partnerships with battered women; and systems advocacy. It seeks to craft courses of action that will enhance women′s safety given their individual realities - which might include, for example, a woman...
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Drawing attention to the complexity of helping battered women and their children, this volume introduces a new model of `women-defined′ advocacy.
The model emphasizes: understanding a battered woman′s perspective, including her risk analysis and safety plan; building partnerships with battered women; and systems advocacy. It seeks to craft courses of action that will enhance women′s safety given their individual realities - which might include, for example, a woman deciding to remain temporarily in an abusive relationship.