Ending the Cycle of Violence

Community Responses to Children of Battered Women

Einat Peled, Peter G. Jaffe, Jeffery L. Edleson, Einat Peled, Peter G. Jaffe, Jeffrey L. Edleson

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 1994
• Print ISBN: 9780803953697
• eBook ISBN: 9781452255002
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Interpersonal Relations in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Canadian and American contributors to this book describe a wide range of programs offered to deal with the direct and indirect victims of men who batter. These include individual treatment options for children who witness the violence, parenting programs for men who batter, and prevention programs targeting high school students. For those involved in providing family services, the book is guaranteed to be both informative and thought-provoking. --John Hunsley in The Canadian Family Psychologist "There is a great deal to reflect upon in every section of the book. The chapters on assessment of children exposed to family violence, and on providing individual and group therapy for children of abused women, take up some very important issues. . . . This book is to be highly commended for its unequivocal espousal of the tenet that a child who witnesses the abuse of his or her mother is an abused child." --Chris Goddard in Child Abuse Review "This is an invaluable collection of papers that both raises awareness regarding the growing body of research that indicates the negative psychological effects domestic violence has on children even if they themselves are not the target of the violence, as well as offering practical suggestions for clinicians. It is a useful resource book for anyone working with the issue of family violence." --G. Smith in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Although there is a growing body of research on children of battered women, there has been little practical information available on intervention with these children. Ending the Cycle of Violence is the first volume to cover the varied and complex arena of intervention with children of battered women. It provides an overview of current practices including strategies and program models. The expert contributors present a concise and accessible look into four major areas: living in a violent culture, shelters and domestic violence counseling, child protection services and the criminal justice system, and prevention and education in schools and communities. Practitioners who work with battered women and their children--shelter and domestic violence program staff, battered women?s advocates, and counselors--will find this book most useful. It will also be helpful to all professionals working with children in schools, child protective services, youth programs, health and mental health agencies, institutions, group homes, and foster care settings. Ending the Cycle of Violence also provides and overview of innovations in this field that can enhance policymakers? ability to further develop services for this at-risk population.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• PART ONE - Living in a Violent Culture
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Learning to Be Violent
• PART TWO - Shelters and Domestic Violence Programs
• Chapter 3 - Assessment Following Violence-Witnessing Trauma
• Chapter 4 - Individual Psychotherapy for the Traumatized Children of Abused Women
• Chapter 5 - Process and Outcome in Small Groups for Children of Battered Women
• Chapter 6 - Empowering Battered Women as Mothers
• Chapter 7 - Parenting Groups for Men Who Batter
• Chapter 8 - Advocacy for Children of Battered Women
• PART THREE - Child Protection and the Criminal Justice System
• Chapter 9 - How Abused Women Can Use the Law to Help Protect Their Children
• Chapter 10 - Child Protection Services for Children of Battered Women: Practice and Controversy
• Chapter 11 - Doing More Harm Than Good? Some Cautions on Visitation Centers
• PART FOUR - Prevention and Education in Schools and Communities
• Chapter 12 - Teach Your Children Well: Elementary Schools and Violence Prevention
• Chapter 13 - Violence Prevention Programs in Secondary (High) Schools
• Chapter 14 - Strategies to Address Violence in the Lives of High-Risk Youth
• Chapter 15 - Aboriginal Canadian Children Who Witness and Live With Violence
• Chapter 16 - Conclusion
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• About the Contributors