Social Work and Intimate Partner Violence

by Mary Allen

Book Overview

Intimate partner violence is now recognised as a serious human rights abuse and increasingly as an important public health problem with severe consequences for women's physical, mental and sexual health. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of intimate partner violence is an essential aspect of good-quality social work practice. This is an accessible introduction to the complexities of social work practice with abused women, as well as men...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415518407
• ISBN13: 9780415518406
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 10.0"