Social Work and Intimate Partner Violence

This is an accessible introduction to the complexities of social work practice with abused women and men. The only up-to-date book bringing together all the most important information in the area for social workers, this is essential reading for all students and newly qualified professionals.

Mary Allen is Lecturer in Social Work at University College Dublin, Ireland.

1. Introduction 2. What Causes Intimate Partner Violence? 3. Gender Symmetry and the Process of Leaving Abusive Relationships 4. Resistance Responses to Abuse and Understanding Assessment Instruments 5. Emergency and Longer Term Interventions 6. Interventions in a Medical, Midwifery and Mental Health Setting 7. Women with Special Needs 8. Domestic Violence and Child Protection 9. Perpetrators Programmes