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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 362.8292 EAN: 9781433802393 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1433802392 Label: American Psychological Association (APA) Manufacturer: American Psychological Association (APA) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 184 Publication Date: October 15, 2007 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Studio: American Psychological Association (APA) Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Listening to Battered Women: A Survivor-Centered Approach to Advocacy, Mental Health, and Justice presents an in-depth, multidisciplinary look at society's responses to domestic violence. Though substantial reforms have been made in the services available to battered women since the 1970s, the book shows how the public and private systems available to victims of domestic violence are still failing to meet the needs of the women who seek help. Using a feminist perspective, authors Lisa A. Goodman and Deborah Epstein explore and critique the current available services in three different arenas: the domestic violence advocacy community, the mental health profession, and the justice system. In recent years, the options available to battered women have expanded dramatically. However, these reforms have been made at the expense of the contextualized, women-centered focus that was once at the heart of the anti-domestic violence movement. The authors argue that a renewed focus on the principles of the early feminist movement--for example, listening to individual women's voices, promoting supportive communities, and facilitating economic empowerment, could result in substantial progress in efforts to protect and counsel battered women. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Essential reading for all who care about preventing and responding to domestic violenceThere are many books out there about intimate partner violence but none are as cutting edge as this one. This book is going to be helpful for all - from those who know little about the problem to those who are on the 'front lines' in the fight against violence against women. Goodman and Epstein are honest about the problems facing mental health providers, advocates, and those in the justice system, and they call for change on behalf of the women who need it the most - victims and survivors. The book ... Read More Rating: - A "Must Read" For Anyone Involved in Helping Battered Women!This book proposes a radically new way of helping battered women: instead of requiring battered women to accept solutions that seem "right" to the experts but may not work for the women themselves, the women should be empowered to shape their own solutions. The book challenges advocates, prosecutors, and mental health workers to listen to battered women instead of dictating to them and to craft solutions that reflect the battered women's own needs and priorities. The authors point out that ... Read More Rating:  - I have totally new view of this issueThis book forced me to confront false perceptions I had about who the women being battered are and why they are being battered. These incidents are not occurring equally across all socio-economic groups. They are happening mainly to women of color at the lower end of the socio-econimic scale. While it once made sense to frame this issue as something that happens to all women everywhere, so that the moral and political will could be built to address it, that notion is now clearly hurting the effort to deliver ... Read More 
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