Social work and intimate partner violence /
Mary Allen.
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- 177 p. ; 24 cm.
Introduction -- What causes intimate partner violence? -- Gender symmetry and the process of leaving abusive relationships -- Resistance responses to abuse and understanding assessment instruments -- Emergency and longer term interventions -- Interventions in a medical, midwifery and mental health setting -- Women with special needs -- Domestic violence and child protection -- Perpetrators programmes.