Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Understanding Domestic Violence: Theories, Challenges, and Remedies

Understanding Domestic Violence not only highlights and reexamines the different challenges that we continue to face in effectively addressing issues of domestic violence but provides innovated approaches to interventions that are more in keeping with the complex nature of domestic violence. This book provides a comprehensive and multifaceted examination of conditions and factors involved in domestic violence, including psychological, sociocultural, sociopolitical, and socioeconomic issues. The authors look at domestic violence through the trauma lens and intersectionality to develop intervention strategies within that context. Statistics and clinical examples from the field highlight unique culturally-based issues related to domestic violence among Latino, African American, and Arab Muslim communities, issues with woman perpetrators, and violence in the LGBTQ community, to name a few. In the end, Understanding Domestic Violence offers opportunities for the reader to engage in further discussion of the poignant issues discussed in the book, with the invitation to become part of the solution. Review This edited book takes a unique perspective by dealing with topics that we do not usually see in the domestic violence field. Including disabilities, the intersection of ethnic and cultural factors, and treatment approaches from a trauma informed lens is an excellent combination to focus on that helps move the field forward.--Robert Geffner, founding president, Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma, San Diego, CA For professionals who deal with domestic violence (DV), this volume is an ideal new tool. Its chapters describe evidence-based resources to understand, prevent, and reduce DV while also offering unusual features not found in other volumes, in a carefully crafted volume that is the state of the art in coping with DV.--Harold Takooshian, PhD, past-president, Division of International Psychology, American Psychological Association Javier and Herron present a comprehensive text on the assessment and treatment of intimate partner violence. The book offers perspectives on the dynamics of abuse, with focused attention on diversity issues. The chapters are informative, practical, and easy to read and could be used in family violence and couples therapy courses.--Gregory Canillas, PhD, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology This comprehensive volume offers the clinician a treasure trove of statistics, theory, insight and approaches to dealing with domestic violence. It is a must-have book for the clinician's personal library.--Athena A. Drewes, director of Clinical Training, Astor Services for Children and Families About the Author Rafael Art. Javier is a professor of psychology and director of inter-agencies training and research initiatives, director of the postgraduate professional development programs, and the director of the postdoctoral certificate programs in forensic psychology at St. John’s University. He is also a faculty member at the Object Relations Institute. He is the editor-in-chief for the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research and the past co-editor of the Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. William G. Herron is a retired professor at St. John’s University and was the director of the school psychology program and founding coordinator of the clinical psychology PhD program. He earned his PhD from Fordham University. A devoted writer, Dr. Herron has published 12 books. He has a practice in New Jer