Family Violence and Men of Color: Healing the Wounded Male Spirit

by Ricardo Carrillo PhD (Editor), Jerry Tello MS (Editor)

Overview

This innovative book examines an important, timely topic...The content will greatly enhance practitioners' and students' understanding and skills in working with men of color."
- Elaine P. Congress, DSW, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service

Family Violence and Men of Color is the best book in cross-cultural issues and domestic violence that I have ever read. It is a good combination of literature review, clinical interventions and cultural imagery."
-Daniel Sonkin, PhD, Marriage, Family and Child Counselor

Family violence is an international epidemic that knows no cultural boundaries, but for years research has overlooked the historical, political and cultural factors that often lead men toward violent behavior. The first edition of Family Violence and Men of Color broke new ground by closely examining the relationship between race and family violence.

This revised edition offers an even broader, cross-cultural analysis of male violence and more specialized treatment methods and approaches.

Key Features:

• Chapters analyzing violent behavioral patterns in each major community of color
• Three new chapters on the African-American and Maori ommunities, in addition to the Latino, Native
• American, Asian, and South American communities
• Culturally-based strategies and models that enhance the efficacy of existing intervention programs for men who batter
• Integrates clinical, experiential, and narrative approaches to family violence

This text calls for a critical evaluation and transformation of cultural practices that promote violence against women, and will be pivotal in the development of more effective prevention and intervention programs in the years to come."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826111784
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/15/2008
Series:	Springer Series: Focus on Men
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ricardo Carrillo, PhD, Clinical Director/EAP Consultant/Trainer Tulare County Hispanic Commission on Alcoholism, Inc. - Angela's House.

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Table of Contents

Contributors     xi
Acknowledgments     xv
Introduction     xvii
Intimate Partner Violence and Recidivism Following Interventions with Men Who Batter: Cultural and Empirical Considerations   Etiony Aldarondo   Michelle Castro-Fernandez     1
El Hombre Noble Buscando Balance: The Noble Man Searching for Balance   Jerry Tello     37
Fire and Firewater: A Co-Occurring Clinical Treatment Model for Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse, and Trauma   Ricardo Carrillo   Maria J. Zarza     61
Healing and Confronting the African American Male Who Batters   Oliver J. Williams     85
African-American Men Who Batter: A Community-Centered Approach to Prevention and Intervention   Ulester Douglas   Sulaiman Nuriddin   Phyllis Alesia Perry     117
A Postcolonial Perspective on Domestic Violence in Indian Country   Eduardo Duran   Bonnie Duran   Wilbur Woodis   Pamela Woodis     143
He Waka Tapu: Working Together for the Well-Being of Family   Daryl Gregory     163
Asian-American Domestic Violence: A Critical Psychohistorical Perspective   Benjamin R. Tong     181
Asian Men and Violence   Lee Mun Wah     195
Epilogue     215
Index     223

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"The best book in cross-cultural issues and domestic violence that I have ever read. It is a good combination of literature review, clinical interventions, and cultural imagery that will not only inform the readers but help them develop a true appreciation for the essence of different cultures."

--David Sonkin, PhD, Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor

"This innovative book examines an important, timely topic…and makes an original contribution to existing literature in the area of domestic violence. The content will greatly enhance practitioners' and students' understanding and skills in working with men of color, especially in situations involving domestic violence."-
--Elaine P. Congress, DSW

Director of the Doctoral Program and Associate Professor

Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service

"The editors offer a comprehensive review of the research on the incidence and prevalence of IPV against women by male partners, and they compare IPV rates between countries and also between cultural groups in the United States....The book ably corrals the copious research literature regarding IPV and effectively communicates the important finding that battering behavior in every culture is influenced by psychohistorical factors. It presents an excellent discussion of this and the myriad other factors that come together to perpetuate battering behavior."

--Rita A. Westermann, MS, LPC

The Family Psychologist

[B]lends conventional wisdom about treatment with a cultural approach that recognizes the historial, environmental, and social context of violence....this is an excellent resource. Summing up: Highly recommended.

--Choice