Battering and Family Therapy: A Feminist Perspective

Book Overview

A feminist psychological perspective on the treatment of battered women partners is taken by this volume, which offers a challenge to traditional family therapy intervention in family violence.

Experts on legal, ethical and practical issues propose alternatives to the family systems approach and address key areas such as: the psychological state of women who remain in violent relationships; current laws governing family violence; training...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803943210
• ISBN13: 9780803943216
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"