Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 – Broadening the Domestic Violence Debate (pp. 3-8)
Myra F. Taylor and Julie Ann Pooley (Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia)
Section One: Defining Domestic Violence
Chapter 2 – The Definition and Nature of Domestic Violence (pp. 11-28)
Alfred Allan and Maria M. Allan (Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia)
Section Two: Dating Violence
Chapter 3 – The Prevention Paradigm and Young People’s Abusive Intimate Relationships (pp. 31-48)
Jane Ellis and Melanie McCarry (University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, England)
Chapter 4 – Youth Dating Violence: A Silent Epidemic (pp. 49-66)
Catherine J. Carter-Snell (Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Chapter 5 – Dating Violence among Sexual-Minority Youth (SMY) in the Western World (pp. 67-84)
Martin Blais, Martine Hébert, Jesse Gervais and Félix-Antoine Bergeron (Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada)
Section Three: The Female Perspective on Domestic Violence
Chapter 6 – Systemic Violence and Immigrant Women Having Escaped Domestic Abuse: Meaningfully Reducing Structural Barriers to Leaving Intimate Partner and Familial Violence (pp. 87-104)
Rita Isabel Henderson, Wilfreda E. Thurston and Amrita Roy (University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada)
Chapter 7 – Domestic Violence among South Asian Women: An Ecological Perspective (pp. 105-120)
Bushra Sabri (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America)
Chapter 8 – Domestic Violence: Prevalence among South Asian Migrant Women (pp. 121-138)
Neely Mahapatra and Mona C. S. Schatz (University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, US)
Chapter 9 – Coping with Domestic Violence in India: The Role of Spirituality and Social Support (pp. 139-154)
Andreia Schineanu and Jaya Earnest (Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, and Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
Chapter 10 – A Feminist Perspective: System Responses to Australian Mothers Exiting an Abusive Relationship (pp. 155-170)
Elspeth McInnes (University of South Australia, Magill, South Australia, Australia)
Chapter 11 – Mississippi Still Burning: The LGBT Struggle for Intimate Partner Violence Protection under the Law – A Case Study in the Deep South (pp. 171-186)
Julie Schroeder, Olga Osby and Diana Bruns (Jackson State University, Mississippi, USA and others)
Chapter 12 – The Public Health Approach to Domestic Violence Prevention (pp. 187-204)
Damien J. Williams, Anna J. Gavine and John Carnochan (University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Scotland)
Chapter 13 – Domestic Violence against Women in War and Armed Conflicts (pp. 205-222)
Jinan Usta and Neil Singh (American University of Beirut, Riad El Solh, Beirut, Lebanon and others)
Chapter 14 – Violence against Women in Scenarios of Serious Economic Crisis (pp. 223-240)
Victoria A. Ferrer-Perez and Esperanza Bosch-Fiol (University of Balearic Islands, Spain)
Chapter 15 – Sport-Related Domestic Violence: Exploring the Complex Relationship between Sporting Events and Domestic Violence (pp. 241-258)
Damien J. Williams and Fergus G. Neville (University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Scotland)
Section Four
Chapter 16 – Child Maltreatment: A Phenomenological Study of Adult Males’ Recollected Childhood Memories of Experiencing Abuse and Witnessing Domestic Violence in the Family Home (pp. 261-280)
Myra F. Taylor, Teresa Goddard and Julie Ann Pooley (Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia)
Chapter 17 – ‘Walking on Thin Ice’: The Pervasive Degeneration of the Family Dynamic in Homes where Domestic Violence is a Lived Reality and Where Children under the Age of 18 Experience Abuse (pp. 281-298)
Myra F. Taylor, Teresa Goddard and Julie Ann Pooley (Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia)
Chapter 18 – ‘Feeling Like You’re Damaged and Like Your Life is Out of Your Control’: The Male Perspective on Living with the Adult Aftermath of Child Maltreatment (pp. 299-316)
Myra F. Taylor, Teresa Goddard and Julie Ann Pooley (Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia)
Chapter 19 – Endeavouring to Move Forward from Child Maltreatment by Engaging in the Therapeutic Process of Psyche Repair: The Adult Male’s Attempt at Establishing a More Fulfilled Adult Life (pp. 317-330)
Teresa Goddard, Myra F. Taylor and Julie Ann Pooley (Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia)
Chapter 20 – Overcoming the Gender Dyad: Engaging Men and Boys in Domestic Violence Prevention (pp. 331-348)
Lana Wells, Alina Turner and Merrill Cooper (University of Calgary, AB, Canada and others)
Section Five: Concluding Chapter
Chapter 21 – Concluding Thoughts: Domestic Violence and Possible Pathways Forward (pp. 351-358)
Myra F. Taylor and Julie Ann Pooley (Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia)
Section Six: Acknowledgments
Chapter 22 – About the Editors and Contributors (pp. 361-370)
Chapter 23 – About the School of Psychology and Social Science, Edith Cowan University, Australia (pp. 371-374)
Section Seven: Index