Domestic and Family Violence

A Critical Introduction to Knowledge and Practice

Silke Meyer, Andrew Frost

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781032946016
  9781032942803
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040647998
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Violence in Society
• Index: Social Sciences

Drawing on international research and practice, this fully updated new edition of Domestic and Family Violence: A Critical Introduction to Knowledge and Practice examines current debates and research evidence around domestic and family violence, including sexual violence, non-fatal strangulation, and coercive control and explores current legislative reforms.

Taking an intersectional perspective, it addresses the deepening gender debate surrounding domestic and family violence and evolving construct of masculinity, new LGBTIQA+ research, and adolescent violence. It also examines victim challenges–including new research on male victimisation–support requirements, and implications for holistic service responses.

Domestic and Family Violence provides a necessary update and will be an important resource to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, and social work engaged in studies of domestic and family violence.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The nature and prevalence of domestic and family violence
• 3. Theoretical strands
• 4. Enacting violence in the context of intimate and family relationships: Understanding perpetratorhood
• 5. Resisting violence in the context of intimate and family relationships: Understanding victimhood
• 6. The burden on children
• 7. Not just a heterosexual, intimate relationship problem
• 8. The vulnerability of the displaced and the dispossessed: Promoting culturally informed and safe service system responses
• 9. Tackling domestic and family violence: Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
• 10. Responding to domestic and family violence: Good practices
• 11. Conclusion
• Index