NCJ Number
187541
Editor(s)
Nicola Harwin,
Gill Hague,
Ellen Malos
Date Published
1999
Length
306 pages
Annotation
The 17 chapters of this book contain authors' descriptions and analyses of developing multi-agency initiatives in responding to domestic violence in several countries, but with most of the attention given to the United Kingdom.
Abstract
Six chapters discuss general matters that relate to inter-agency work. One of these chapters describes the British national research study of multi-agency responses to domestic violence, highlighting key features of multi-agency forums and key issues for the development of inter-agency work. Another chapter examines the role of British Women's Aid in the development of multi-agency responses to domestic violence, followed by a chapter that discusses the links between domestic violence against women and children and child protection work; it identifies some policy implications for the development of new multi-agency responses. A chapter discusses the development of multi-agency community policing, its connections to the development of multi-agency responses to domestic violence, and the implications for social justice and equality. Other chapters in the first section take a critical look at the concepts of "inter-agency work" and "partnership" from a feminist perspective and describe the importance of and the difficulties involved in developing "equalities work" (focusing on minority victim groups) as an integral part of the multi-agency response. The second section of the book consists of five chapters that describe a variety of approaches to multi-agency domestic violence work, with attention to model programs and how to reach joint agreements on policy in multi-agency work. The four chapters of the third section of the book discuss multi-agency work in various service sectors, e.g., the police, housing, and social services. Chapter references, 210 collected references, and a subject index