Violence against women : current theory and practice in domestic abuse, sexual violence, and exploitation / edited by Nancy Lombard and Lesley McMillan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Coercive control / Evan Stark -- The "Three Planet Model": towards an understanding of contradictions in approaches to women and children's safety in contexts of domestic violence / Marianne Hester -- Domestic violence, safety and child contact in England: hiding violent men in the shadows of parenting / Lorraine Radford -- Sexual victimisation: disclosure, responses and impact -- Lesley McMillan -- Violence against sex workers in the UK -- Alison Phipps -- Love, power and control: girl's experiences of relationship exploitation and violence / Christine Barter and Melanie McCarry -- Older women and domestic abuse: where ageism and sexism intersect / Nancy Lombard and Marsha Scott -- Intersecting inequalities: implications for addressing violence against black and minority ethnic women in the United Kingdom / Aisha K. Gill -- Domestic abuse in the UK: why we need to understand perpetrators / Elizabeth Gilchrist -- "What about the men?" Understanding men's experiences of domestic abuse within a gender-based model of violence / Nancy Lombard -- Effecting operational change through training: challenges and approaches / Nel Whiting -- Partnership working and tackling violence against women: pitfalls and possibilities / Kirstein Rummery -- Taking stock: theory and practice in violence against women / Nancy Lombard and Lesley McMillan.

This book addresses the issue of domestic violence against women, drawing on research findings, policy developments and current debates to contextualise its alarming prevalence and to propose informed ways of addressing, through training and practice, the needs of both victims and perpetrators in current social and related care provision.

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