Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines and presenting perspectives on both sides of the gun debate, Understanding America's Gun Culture offers a fresh look at the issues surrounding guns in the U.S. today. The book moves past polarization to invite thoughtful, nuanced and innovative exploration of this important topic.
For the first time, those at the front lines of care have access to a single source for a comprehensive set of practical tools to effectively address distressing and harmful interactions between residents with dementia. This prevalent but under-recognized public health problem in long-term care homes results in serious consequences, including ......
This is a comprehensive guide to assessment, management, understanding, and treatment of violent patients. The first section encompasses practical guides to treatment for both children and adults. The second section delves into a more conceptual and broadly focused approach to understanding violent patients.
This volume provides information about domestic violence in todays society. Chapters explore the current landscape; issues of domestic violence in ethnic, racial, and cultural contexts; treatment issues; and intervention recommendations. Features include discussion questions, resources for domestic violence intervention, and legal precedents.
Gender-based sexual violence (GBSV) against women and girls has been woven into societies around the world, resulting in a widespread public health problem. This book explores the impact of GBSV against women and girls across the lifespan and in different cultures and countries to raise awareness to this problem and help decrease stigma.
This book focuses on the three major types of child harming within the family-abuse, incest, and filicide-examining each subject in-depth historically, legally, and comparatively.
Exploring Individual Practice, Organizational Policy and Societal Respon
Based on the acclaimed professional certificate program, Advanced Institute on Victim Studies: Critical Analysis of Victim Assistance, this book identifies core content areas essential for practitioners working with crime victims. Each chapter concludes with an analysis and application section.
This multi-disciplinary anthology explores the topic of violence from a wide variety of perspectives. It looks at state violence, dealing with nationalism, warmaking and the Nazi genocide; anti-state violence with essays on the IRA; and criminal violence such as armed robbery.
