The Therapeutic Efficacy of Domestic Violence Victim Interventions

Blaming the victim : domestic violence and the codependency model

The early literature on women with alcoholic husbands outlined a predominantly negative view of these women. Such women were seen as neurotic, poor copers who were obsessed with controlling their husbands’ drinking. They were seen to have partnered alcoholic men in order to satisfy their own pathological needs (Kalashian 1959; Whalen 1953). It was further asserted that some women would sabotage...

[Evaluating a support program for children victim of domestic violence].

INTRODUCTION Domestic violence against children has been a subject of concern to many Brazilian institutions, though there are few studies about the services offered to the community. The aim of this study is to evaluate administrative and operational aspects of the SOS Criança and provide insight to similar programs with comparative data. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 976 data sheets of...

Domestic and Family Violence: Criminal Justice Interventions

DOMESTIC violence is a crime. This has been the key policy statement driving government and community reforms for the past 30 years. Criminalisation responds to the critique of early feminists that the privacy of the family created a screen behind which some men brutalised women and children. Criminalisation seeks to introduce the standards and norms of non-violence in public places, and the me...

Tackling Domestic Violence: effective interventions and approaches

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the Home Office (nor do they reflect Government policy). RDS is part of the Home Office. The Home Off i c e 's purpose is to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are p roperly balanced and the protection and security of the pu...

Mears REDUCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REVICTIMIZATION RESEARCH AND INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REVICTIMIZATION