Family Violence From a Global Perspective

A Strengths-Based Approach

Sylvia M. Asay, John D. DeFrain, Marcee L. Metzger, Robert T. Moyer

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781483320649
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Focusing on family violence worldwide, Family Violence From a Global Perspective: A Strengths-Based Approach draws on the expertise of authors from 16 countries representing 17 cultures to tell the story of domestic violence in their respective parts of the world. This one-of-a-kind edited collection by Sylvia M. Asay, John DeFrain, Marcee Metzger, and Bob Moyer incorporates a strengths-based approach, including individual, relationship, community, and societal strengths. The collection draws on multiple perspectives (academics, counselors, organizers, activists, and victims) to determine strengths and analyze how they can translate into greater safety for victims, increased accountability of perpetrators, and improved policy formation and research. Each chapter focuses on the lived experiences of victims of intimate partner violence, child abuse, or elder abuse and includes information about the abuser, the family, the community, and the culture.

Index

Abandonment:

as elder abuse, 55

fear of, 6

of female babies, 57

as a severe form of negligence, 141

Aboriginal people:

of Australia, 217, 219–220, 222, 225

of Canada, 182–183, 184, 185, 189–190, 193, 195 (box)

Abortion, 39, 69

Abusers. See Perpetrator accountability; Perpetrator treatment programs

Access Economics, 221

Accountability:

honesty and, 204 (figure), 258

for perpetrators (see Perpetrator accountability)

for reporting family violence, 114

Adams, B. N., 29

Ad Hoc Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group, 188

Adolescents:

interview guide for use with, 130

neglect of, 140–141

rights of, 150, 153, 156

risk factors expressed in, 223

violence against, 141–142, 157, 158

witnessing of family violence by, 174

See also Child maltreatment/abuse/neglect; Children

Adoption of children, 35, 105. See also Foster care

Adults who were abused in childhood, 57, 59–62, 134, 155, 210, 238. See also Intergenerational cycle of violence

Advocacy and advocates:

in Australia, 224, 231

in Canada, 183, 185, 188, 189–190

in India, 71, 72

in Israel, 177

men in the role of, 224

in Moldova, 111

in South Africa, 10

in South Korea, 86

in the United States, 201, 205, 206, 207, 210, 211

See also Intervention and prevention

Affection and appreciation, as family strengths, xix, 44, 255

Africa:

compared to the United States, 37–38

explanations for domestic violence in, 35–38

See also Botswana; Kenya; South Africa

African Americans, 208, 254

Age Concern, 237

Age groups, marginalization of, 236. See also Discrimination factors

Aging of world’s population, 53, ...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Introduction
• AFRICA
• ASIA
• EUROPE
• LATIN AMERICA
• THE MIDDLE EAST
• NORTH AMERICA
• OCEANIA
• Epilogue: A Strengths-Based Conceptual Framework for Understanding Family Violence Worldwide
• Index
• About the Contributors