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Family violence from a global perspective : a strengths-based approach /

Drawing on the expertise of authors from 21 countries to tell the story of domestic violence in their country, it lends academic, professional, and victims' expertise to determine these strengths and analyze how they can translate into greater safety for victims and increased accountability for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Asay, Sylvia M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Africa
  • Family violence from a global perspective : strengths-based research and case
  • Studies : the case of South Africa / Busisiwe Nkosi and Priscilla S. Daniels
  • Domestic violence in Botswana : factors which help women overcome the abuse / Lois R. Mberengwa, Tapologo Maundeni, and Kgomotso K. More
  • Domestic violence in Kenya : strengths-based research / Jane Rose Njue, Dorothy Rombo, Laura S. Smark, Anne N. Lutomia and Lucy Wandiri Mbirianjau
  • Asia
  • Domestic violence in a Chinese cultural context : who gets the blame? / Yan Xia, Cixin Wang, Shuhong Luo, Haiping Wang, and Xiaoyun Zhang
  • Family violence from an Indian perspective / Lina Kashyap and Trupti Panchal
  • Marital violence in South Korea / Grace H. Chung and Sun Wha Ok
  • Europe
  • Domestic violence against women in Greece / Theodora Kaldi-Koulikidou and Styliani Plevraki
  • Family violence in Moldova / Sylvia M. Asay, Valentina Bodrug-Lungu and Mihaela Robila
  • Violence in the modern Russian family / Vladimir I. Zubkov
  • Latin America
  • Intrafamilial violence and social vulnerability : a glimpse of the reality in Brazil / Luisa Fernanda Habigzang, Jean Von Hohendorff and Silvia H. Koller
  • Family violence in Mexico / Rosario Esteinou
  • The middle east
  • Contextualizing oppression and family violence in Israel : Israeli and Palestinian experiences / Maha N. Younes
  • North america
  • Family violence in Canada / Nancy Nason-Clark, Barbara Fisher-Townsend, Steve McMullin, and Catherine Holtmann
  • Family violence in the U.S. : a community and a country respond / Marcee Metzger and Bob Moyer
  • Oceania
  • Good things come to those who wait : striving to address domestic and family
  • Violence in Australia / Leanne Schubert, Penny Crofts, and Kerri Bird
  • Family violence in Aotearoa, New Zealand / E. Catherine Dickey
  • Epilogue
  • About the contributors
  • Index.