Domestic abuse, homicide and gender : strategies for policy and practice / Jane Monckton Smith, Amanda Williams and Frank Mullane.

By:

Smith, Jane Monckton

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Description: x, 172 pages : ill. (black and white) ; 22 cmISBN:

9781137307422 (pbk.)
1137307420 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.88 SMI 23

LOC classification:

HV6250.4.W6533 M66 2014

Contents:

1. An Introduction -- 2. Status -- 3. Status: New Definition, New Thinking -- 4. The Problem of Domestic Abuse and Homicide -- 5. Police and Paramedics: Policy and Practice -- 6. Interviews with Professionals -- 7. Interviews with Victims -- 8. The Lesser Status of Families -- 9. Recommendations and the Domestic Abuse First Responder Toolkit.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	362.88 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100602979

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on research with frontline professionals and domestic abuse and homicide victims, this book argues for a re-conceptualisation of the female victim to enhance safety management and encourage a deeper understanding of the emotional dynamics and social structures which perpetuate violence.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Foreword (p. viii)
Acknowledgements (p. ix)
About the Authors (p. x)
1 An Introduction (p. 1)
2 Status (p. 9)
3 Status: New Definition, New Thinking (p. 25)
4 The Problem of Domestic Abuse and Homicide (p. 50)
5 Police and Paramedics: Policy and Practice (p. 66)
6 Interviews with Professionals (p. 85)
7 Interviews with Victims (p. 103)
8 The Lesser Status of Families (p. 118)
9 Recommendations and the Domestic Abuse First Responder Toolkit (p. 134)
Appendix 1 Domestic Abuse First Responder Toolkit (p. 157)
Notes (p. 162)
References (p. 163)
Index (p. 171)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jane Monckton Smith is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. She is a former police officer and advises police on domestic abuse at a local and a national level.
Amanda Williams is Senior Paramedic and Safeguarding Tutor for the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, and Honorary Lecturer at Swansea University, UK.
Frank Mullane Frank Mullane is the director of AAFDA (Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse), a charity specialising in helping families after domestic homicide. He is a member of the national panel that quality assures all Domestic Homicide Reviews, a Home Office accredited Independent Chair for these reviews and a visiting university lecturer and student assessor.