Social Work and Domestic Violence: Developing Critical and Reflective Practice

Domestic violence affects all areas of social work. This book shows how social workers can intervene in everyday practice with victims, their families and perpetrators of domestic abuse. It provides students with knowledge of theory, research and policy to put directly in practice across a variety of legal and service-user contexts.

Topics covered include:

• Child protection
• Interprofessional collaboration
• The policy and legal context
• Working with women
• Working with men

Each chap...