Understanding Abuse : : Partnering for Change / / ed. by Catherine Ann Cameron, Nancy Nason-Clark, Mary Lou Stirling, Baukje Miedema.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Arseneault, Rina,; Beaman, Lori G.,; Brazier, Bette,; Brazier, Bev,; Byers, E. Sandra,; Byers-Heinlein, Krista,; Cameron, Catherine Ann,; Crocker, Anne,; Doherty, Deborah,; Fitch, Sheree,; Gouliquer, Lynne,; Haddon, Arlene,; Harrison, Deborah,; Harrison, Tammy,; Hart, Jamie,; Hornosty, Jennie,; Hughes, Judy,; MacAulay, Sarah,; Matchett, Justin,; McCain, Margaret Norrie,; Merritt-Gray, Marilyn,; Miedema, Baukje,; Mighty, E. Joy,; Mitchell, Lois P.,; Nason-Clark, Nancy,; Neilson, Linda C.,; Poulin, Carmen,; Stirling, Mary Lou,; Theriault, Lynne,; Wachholz, Sandra,; Wuest, Judith,
• HerausgeberIn: Cameron, Catherine Ann,; Miedema, Baukje,; Nason-Clark, Nancy,; Stirling, Mary Lou,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

The more we learn about family violence, the more it becomes apparent that it is a complex and multifaceted issue. Family violence is more than woman abuse. It is also more than child abuse, sibling abuse, parent abuse, or elder abuse. It is all of these violations and more. Nevertheless, family violence is gendered; most abused victims are female and most perpetrators are male. Family violence is not merely personal. It is also a consequence of social inequality, and in that sense is socially constructed.Based on research projects conducted over ten years, Understanding Abuse profiles the work done by researchers of issues related to woman abuse and family violence. The contributors demonstrate the strength of community-based, action-oriented collaborations by carefully identifying the multiplicity of causes, clearly articulating the issues raised by abused women, and seeking to identify realistic solutions. Not only does this work provide invaluable information for policy makers on successful versus unsuccessful programs to prevent violence, it also provides academic and community researchers with detailed data on the intricacies of academic-community action research partnerships.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Gramma's Theory -- Building Collaborative, Action-Oriented Research Teams -- The Beckoning -- Abuse in a Rural and Farm Context -- What Rhoda Remembers about the First Five Minutes -- Keeping It Confidential: A Struggle for Transition Houses -- Karen's Normal Work Schedule -- Working with Abuse: Workplace Responses to Family Violence -- In the Still Dark -- Children and Partner Abuse in New Brunswick Law: How Responsibilities Get Lost in Rights -- Attention! -- The Canadian Forces' Response to Woman Abuse in Military Families -- Learning a Second Language -- Gendered Silence: Immigrant Women's Access to Legal Information about Woman Abuse -- Here Also What I Say -- Building Bridges between Churches and Community Resources: An Overview of the Work of the Religion and Violence Research Team -- Smalltown, Anywhere -- Private Matters and Public Knowledge in Rural Communities: The Paradox -- Barbara -- Schools Are Not Enough: It Takes a Whole Community -- Lessons from Home and School -- Passing the Torch: Students Teaching Students about Dating Violence -- Epilogue -- Marie's Lullaby