Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Reference Handbook

This one-stop resource for students, activists, educators, and advocates provides a thorough and accessible overview of the many dimensions of domestic violence and abuse, including risk factors, consequences, and resources.Appropriate for readers at the high school level and above, the volume focuses on the scope, extent, and characteristics of domestic violence by studying the issue from a variety of perspectives and vantage points, including the voices of domestic violence survivors and the activists and advocates working on their behalf to end one of the world's worst human rights problems. The volume also includes illuminating chapters devoted to contextual historical overview, examinations of key issues and trends in the struggle to end domestic violence, a chronology of key events, relevant data and primary documents, a glossary of terms, and recommended online and print resources for further study and analysis.

• | Author: Laura L. Finley
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: Apr 24, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00376 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798765141977