Domestic Violence Against Men and Boys
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-54537-6 (ISBN)
Domestic Violence Against Men and Boys: Experiences of Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence is a unique book that brings together contemporary research and practice around working with men and boys who are victims of domestic violence and abuse. The book features contributions from experts within the field who draw on the wide range of evidence that demonstrates the multifarious experiences and impacts of this victimisation.
This text focusses on the increasing evidence related to the prevalence of domestic violence and abuse within the family towards men and boys. With contributions from experts within the field, this book covers a comprehensive list of topics derived from empirical evidence. The chapters focus on key themes, such as, experience of the abuse; challenges to the current theory; barriers and experiences of help-seeking; impact on children, and working with male victims within practice and criminal justice settings. Further, the text underscores numerous recommendations around changing current practices to enable a better support system for men and boys. The text will therefore be invaluable in increasing awareness of the research and support in the field of domestic violence.
This book will be of use to researchers, practitioners and educators working in the field of domestic violence and abuse. It will also be beneficial to policy makers who are reviewing legislation and those involved in commissioning psychological services, and victim services that work with male victims.
Elizabeth A. Bates is a Principal Lecturer in Psychology and Psychological Therapies at the University of Cumbria, UK. Her research focusses on working with male victims of domestic violence including their experience of physical and psychological abuse, the impact on them, and the ways in which abuse can continue and change post-separation. Julie C. Taylor is the Head of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience within the Institute of Health at the University of Cumbria, UK. A recurrent theme of her research and practice has been meaningful stakeholder engagement and seeking to use research and evaluation methods that facilitate this. Her current research includes exploring children and young people’s experiences of domestic violence.
1. Introduction: The importance of this volume. 2. Men’s Experiences of Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence. 3. Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Challenges to current theory and practice. 4. Intimate Partner Violence in the Lives of Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Men. 5. In Their Own Words: The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control on Male Victims. 6. Post-separation experiences of abuse. 7. Barriers to help-seeking for male victims of intimate partner violence. 8. Male victims of intimate partner violence: Experiences with help seeking. 9. Children’s experiences of IPV: Men’s retrospective accounts of IPV within the family home. 10. Fathers and Intimate Partner Violence: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Current Literature on Men’s Experiences of Abuse Utilizing Children. 11. Domestic Violence Victimisation in Older Men. 12. Men’s victimization in the wider family: Child-to-parent violence and sibling violence. 13. Supporting male victims and survivors. 14. Working with male victims in therapeutic settings. 15. "What’s the point in talking about it, when I’m the one being punished for it?" Men as both perpetrator and victim of intimate partner violence. 16. Police and the Criminal Justice System: Responses to male victims. 17. Concluding thoughts: Future research directions and recommendations for practice.
Erscheinungsdatum | 06.08.2022 |
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Zusatzinfo | 2 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 485 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-367-54537-3 / 0367545373 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-54537-6 / 9780367545376 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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