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Cruel but not unusual : violence in Canadian families / Ramona Alaggia & Cathy Vine, editors.

Summary:

A comprehensive picture of the scope of violence in all types of Canadian families and intimate relationships. Inclusive focus and multi-faceted examination and integration of research, policies and practice addressing the roots, laws, theory, incidence, dynamics, intervention in and prevention of, violence in Canadian families.

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  • ISBN: 9781554588503
  • ISBN: 1554588502
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (604 pages)
  • Edition: 2nd edition.
  • Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:
CatMonthString:august.17
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : Perspectives on Violence -- Voices of Women from the Margins : Re-examining Violence against Women -- Family Violence or Woman Abuse? Putting Gender Back into the Canadian Research Equation -- Is This Violence? Is This Sexual Violence? Recognizing & Defining Violence through Dialogue with French-Speaking Women -- Child Corporal Punishment : Violence, Law, & Rights -- Violence, Trauma, & Resilience -- Systemic Oppression, Violence, & Healing in Aboriginal Families & Communities -- Violence, Protection, & Empowerment in the Lives of Children & Adults with Disabilities -- Dynamics of Partner Abuse in Sexual & Gender Minority Communities -- Domestic Violence & Child Abuse : Issues for Immigrant & Refugee Families -- Children Abused, Neglected, & Living with Violence : An Overview -- Childrens Exposure to Domestic Violence : Integrating Policy, Research, & Practice to Address Childrens Mental Health -- Whose Failure to Protect? Child Welfare Interventions When Men Abuse Mothers -- Rendering Children Invisible : The Forces at Play during Separation & Divorce in the Context of Family Violence -- Framing Woman Abuse : A Structural Perspective -- Identifying, Assessing, & Treating Men Who Abuse & Women Abused by Intimate Partners -- Elder Abuse & Neglect in Canada : An Overview -- Older People Are Subjects, Not Objects : Reconsidering Theory & Practice in Situations of Elder Abuse -- CONCLUSION : Building the Future.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Restrictions: NLC students and staff only.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Access restricted by subscription.
Subject: Abused elderly > Canada.
Abused elderly.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Family violence.
Women > Violence against.
Violence envers les femmes > Canada.
Violence familiale > Canada.
Children and violence > Canada.
Personnes �ag�ees maltrait�ees > Canada.
Children and violence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Women > Violence against > Canada.
Enfants et violence > Canada.
Family violence > Canada.
Canada.
Genre: Electronic books.


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