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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 362.8292 EAN: 9780774810159 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0774810157 Label: UBC Press Manufacturer: UBC Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: February 15, 2007 Publisher: UBC Press Studio: UBC Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Rethinking Domestic Violence reviews research in the area of intimate partner violence. The research crosses disciplinary lines, including social and clinical psychology, sociology, psychiatry, criminology, and criminal justice research. Since the area of intimate partner violence is so heavily politicized, Dutton tries to steer through conflicting claims by assessing the best research methodology. As a result, he comes to some new conclusions about intimate partner violence. After 20 years of viewing intimate partner violence as generated by gender and focusing on a punitive "law and order" approach, Dutton now argues that this approach must be more varied and flexible. Treatment providers, criminal justice systems personnel, lawyers, and researchers have indicated the need for a new view of the problem—one less invested in gender politics and more open to collaborative views and interdisciplinary insights. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The tip of the iceberg.From Chap. 7, The Domestic Assault of Men. "Proportion of female victims who feared for life in intimate terrorism relationships - 83 percent Proportion of male victims who feared for life in intimate terrorism relationships - 77 percent -Canadian General Social Survey The last chapter reviewed data that have been troubling for feminists since the first US National Survey of 1975: women are as violent as males. Because this finding contradicts ... Read More Rating: - Dealing with a New ParadigmRethinking Domestic Violoence by Donald Dutton is an important book in presenting a comprehensive look at domestic violence. It unfolds the new paradigm that is emerging regarding the prevention of family violence. As Donald Dutton makes clear in the book, our North American societies have depended too long on responding with a law and order approach to family violence. It is time for a different approach. Rating:  - support your local criminal -Wonderful book for those who beat,bash and batter- and frequently murder their victims. These criminals can use this book in court now, to help themselves avoid punishment under the law. Perhaps it will sell as well as O.J.'s book - - - - Rating: - Rethink buying this bookDutton is a controversial figure in the domestic violence field. Despite glowing recommendations here, the truth is that he is not universally admired. This book presents more rehashing of his tired ideas. As a DV expert with over thirty years of field experience, as a survivor, former shelter board president, former chair of a large statewide coalition of domestic violence organizations, a gubinatorial appointee to a statewide task force on domestic violence and a former CEO of a large DV program, ... Read More Rating: - Please DO NOT read this misleading and erroneous bookI hardly know how to begin a review of this book. The premises laid forth by Dutton and "proven" by the research he cites are ludicrous at best. I have worked in the field of domestic violence (for almost 20 years now), including as a government funded researcher doing controlled clinical trials for a number of years. This book represents a major set-back to the great advances that have come about due to the impressive body of legitimate research that has been conducted on this vital topic in recent years. ... Read More 
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