NCJ Number
178595
Date Published
1997
Length
678 pages
Annotation
This volume provides women with information and practical guidelines on managing and resolving crises in health, family, and employment situations and includes guidance on dealing with domestic assault, rape, stalking, sexual harassment, sex discrimination, child abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, drug abuse, AIDS, and other issues
Abstract
Individual chapters focus on crises at work, including being fired, being laid off, or experiencing discrimination and coping with children in crisis, including child abuse and neglect, a runaway child, a child who is arrested, a child who is homosexual, and a pregnant adolescent. Additional chapters focus on property, custody, and other issues related to divorce; violence against women through rape, domestic violence, or stalking; crises in conception and sexuality; and resources for adults and children with disabilities. Further chapters focuses on mental health crises, life-threatening illness, crises in aging, and death and dying. A resource section contains corresponding chapters that list national organizations that provide information, publications, support, and other types of assistance relevant to the topics discussed in the earlier chapters. Notes, index, and lists of recommended readings on each topic