Battered Women and Their Families: Intervention Strategies and Treatment Programs, Third Edition

by Albert R. Roberts (Editor)

Overview

With a foreword by Barbara W. White, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

The definitive work on battered women is now in a timely third edition.

Considered the complete, in-depth guide to effective interventions for this pervasive social disease, Battered Women and Their Families has been updated to include new case studies, cultural perspectives, and assessment protocols. In an area of counseling that cannot receive enough attention, Dr. Robert's work stands out as an essential treatment tool for all clinical social workers, nurses, physicians, and graduate students who work with battered women on a daily basis.

New chapters on same-sex violence, working with children in shelters, immigrant women affected by domestic violence, and elder mistreatment round out this unbiased, multicultural look at treatment programs for battered women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826103185
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/18/2007
Series:	Springer Series on Family Violence
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	656
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Albert R. Roberts (DSW, PhD, BCETS, DACFE), is a Professor of Criminal Justice and Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Livingston College Campus, Rutgers--the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick and Piscataway, NJ. Dr. Roberts conducts seminars and teaches courses on research methods, crisis intervention and brief treatment, program evaluation, family violence intervention, adolescence, victimology, social policy, and juvenile justice. He previously taught at the Indiana University School of Social Work in Indianapolis. He received his doctorate in social work at the University of Maryland School of Social Work in 1978. Dr. Roberts is a Fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association, a lifetime member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and an active member of the National Association of Social Workers and the council on Social Work Education. Dr. Roberts is the founding editor of the Springer Series on Family Violence, which includes his edited classic text Battered Women and Their Families (Third Edition, 2007) and the Springer Series on Social Work. He edited the The Social Workers' Desk Reference, which has become a standard reference in the field since it was published in 2002, as well as the Crisis Intervention Handbook: Assessment, Treatment, and Research, Third Edition. He is the current editor of the Journal Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention.

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Foreword by Barbara B White, PhD
Preface
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Section I: Overview, Stages of Change, Crisis Intervention, and Time-Limited Treatment

1. Overview and New Directions for Intervening on Behalf of Battered Women, ALbert R. Roberts, PhD
2. Cognitive Problem-Solving Therapy and Stages of Change That Facilitate and Sustain Battered Women's Leaving, Sondra Burman, PhD
3. National Survey on Empowerment Strategies, Crisis Intervention, and Cognitive Problem-Solving Therapy With Battered Women, Albert R. Roberts, PhD, and Sondra Burman, PhD
4. Discovering Strengths and Competencies in Female Domestic Violence Victims: An Application of Roberts's Continuum of the Duration and Severity of Woman Battering, Mo-Yee Lee, PhD
5. National Survey of 107 Shelters for Battered Women and Their Children, Albert R. Roberts, PhD, Gina Robertiello, PhD, and Kimberly Bender, MSW
6. The Stress-Crisis Continuum: Its Application to Domestic Violence, Ann W. Burgess, DNSc, RN, CS, FAAN, Albert R. Roberts, PhD, and Pamela V. Valentine, PhD
7. Community Response Models for Battered Women: From Crisis Intervention to Legal Advocacy and Court-Based Justice Centers, Karen S. Knox, PhD, and Mary Jo Garcia Biggs, PhD

Section II: Children and Adolescents From Violence Homes

8. Complex Trauma and Crisis Intervention With Children in Shelters for Battered Women, Peter Lehmann, PhD, and Emily Spence, PhD
9. Double Jeopardy: Risk Assessment in the Context of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence, Aron Shlonsy, PhD, and Colleen Friend, PhD
10. Intervention and Treatment Strategies With Adolescents From Maritally Violent Homes, Maura O'Keefe, PhD, and Shirley Lebovics, LCSW

Section III: Health Care and Mental Health Policies and Practices With Battered Women

11. Roles for Health Care Professionals in the United Kingdom and the United States in Addressing the Problem of Domestic Violence, June Keeling, BSc (Hons), RGN, RM, and Katherine S. van Wormer, PhD, MSSW
12. Battered Women in the Emergency Room: Emerging Roles for the Emergency Room Social Worker and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mary E. Boes, PhD
13. Imminent Danger of Failing to Redefine Women Battering as Coercive Control: Contextualizing an Application of Roberts's Seven-Stage Crisis Intervention Model and the Ecological Nested Model, Cynthia Wilcox Lischick, PhD, DVS
14. Conjoint Therapy for the Treatment of Partner Abuse: Indications and Contraindications, Janet A. Geller, EdD, LCSW
15. Domestic Violence Against Women With Mental Retardation, Leone Murphy, RN, MS, and Nancy J. Razza, PhD

Section IV: High-Risk Groups and Vulnerable Populations

16. Domestic Violence and Substance Abuse: An Integrated Approach, Katherine S. van Wormer, PhD, MSSW
17. Poverty, Women, Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence, Diane L. Green, PhD, and Patricia Brownell, PhD
18. Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Myths, Facts, Correlates, Treatment, and Prevention Strategies, Nicky Ali Jackson, PhD
19. Global Issues in Elder Abuse and Mistreatment: Policy, Research, and Practice, Patricia Brownell, PhD

Section V: Cross-Cultural Issues, Policies, and Practices With Battered Women

20. The Use of the Culturagram in Understanding Immigrant Women Affected by Domestic Violence, Elaine P. Congress, PhD, DSW, and Patricia Brownell, PhD
21. Venezuelan-American Abusive Relationships: Assessment and Treatment, Diane L. Green, PhD, and Mary W. Viani, MSW
22. Chinese Battered Women in North America: Their Experiences and Treatment, Mo-Yee Lee, PhD, and Patrick Au, DIP, PSW, CQSW
23. Validating Coping Strategies and Empowering Latino Battered Women in Puerto Rico, Diana Valle Ferrer, PhD, LCSW

Author Index
Subject Index

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From the Publisher

"Dr. Roberts has thoroughly revised and updated the third edition of Battered Women and Their Families, and the result is a comprehensive new work that retains revisions of the best chapters from the second edition while incorporating 12 new chapters. More than 60% of this edition contains new and valuable material....Many challenges, problems, intervention strategies, assessment and treatment methods, and empowerment approaches are documented in this book by one of the most brilliant clinical researchers in North America today—Dr. Albert Roberts—together with the highly experienced chapter author....This is the most practical, evidence-based, inspirational, and well-written book on family violence that I have read in the past 10 years. Every social worker, counselor, nurse, and domestic violence advocate should read this book."
—From the Foreword by Barbara W. White, Dean and Centennial Professor in Leadership, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. Former President, Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and Former President, National Association of Social Workers (NASW).