Parenting By Men Who Batter: New Directions For Assessment And Intervention: New Directions For Assessment And Intervention

What is the best way to work with fathers who have a history of abusive behavior? This question is among the thorniest that social service and criminal justice professionals must deal with in their careers, and in this essential new work Jeffrey L. Edleson, Oliver J. Williams, and a group of international colleagues examine the host of equally difficult issues that surround it. Beginning with the voices of mothers and fathers who speak about men's contact with and parenting of their children, the authors then examine court and mental health services perspectives on how much involvement violent men should have in their children's lives. The second half of the book showcases programs such as the Boston-based Fathering After Violence initiative and the Caring Dads program in Canada, which introduce non-abusive parenting concepts and skills to batterers and have developed useful guidelines for intervention with these fathers. Visionary but also practical, Parenting by Men Who Batter distills the most relevant policy issues, research findings, and practice considerations for those who coordinate batterer programs or work with families, the courts, and the child welfare system. It guides professionals in understanding men who batter, assessing their parenting skills, making decisions about custody and visitation, and modeling treatment programs that engage fathers in their children's lives while maximizing safety.
What is the best way to work with fathers who have a history of abusive behavior? This question is among the thorniest that social service and criminal justice professionals must deal with in their careers, and in this essential new work Jeffrey L. Edleson, Oliver J. Williams, and a group of international colleagues examine the host of equally difficult issues that surround it.
Beginning with the voices of mothers and fathers who speak about men's contact with and parenting of their children, the authors then examine court and mental health services perspectives on how much involvement violent men should have in their children's lives. The second half of the book showcases programs such as the Boston-based Fathering After Violence initiative and the Caring Dads program in Canada, which introduce non-abusive parenting concepts and skills to batterers and have developed useful guidelines for intervention with these fathers.
Visionary but also practical, Parenting by Men Who Batter distills the most relevant policy issues, research findings, and practice considerations for those who coordinate batterer programs or work with families, the courts, and the child welfare system. It guides professionals in understanding men who batter, assessing their parenting skills, making decisions about custody and visitation, and modeling treatment programs that engage fathers in their children's lives while maximizing safety. Contents......Page 8 1 Introduction: Involving Men Who Batter in Their Children’s Lives......Page 12 2 Shared Parenting After Abuse: Battered Mothers’ Perspectives on Parenting After Dissolution of a Relationship......Page 28 Box: Fathers’ Voices on Parenting and Violence......Page 41 3 Assessing the Best Interests of the Child: Visitation and Custody in Cases of Domestic Violence......Page 54 4 Deciding on Fathers’ Involvement in Their Children’s Treatment After Domestic Violence......Page 74 5 A Conceptual Framework for Fathering Intervention With Men Who Batter......Page 94 6 Guidelines for Intervention With Abusive Fathers......Page 111 7 Working With Fathers in Batterer Intervention Programs: Lessons From the Fathering After Violence Project......Page 127 8 Latino Fathers in Recovery......Page 140 9 Evaluating Parenting Programs for Men Who Batter: Current Considerations and Controversies......Page 146 About the Contributors......Page 158 A......Page 166 C......Page 167 E......Page 170 F......Page 171 I......Page 172 M......Page 173 P......Page 174 S......Page 175 V......Page 176 Y......Page 177 Introduction : involving men who batter in their children's lives / Jeffrey L. Edleson and Oliver J. Williams -- Shared parenting after abuse : battered mothers' perspectives on parenting after dissolution of a relationship / Carolyn Y. Tubbs and Oliver J. Williams -- Assessing the best interests of the child : visitation and custody in cases of domestic violence / Peter G. Jaffe and Claire V. Crooks -- Deciding on fathers' involvement in their children's treatment after domestic violence / Betsy McAlister Groves, Patricia Van Horn, and Alicia F. Lieberman -- A conceptual framework for fathering intervening with men who batter / Einat Peled and Guy Perel -- Guidelines for intervention with abusive fathers / Katreena L. Scott ... [et al.] -- Working with fathers in batterer intervention programs : lessons from the Fathering after Violence project / Juan Carlos Areán and Lonna Davis -- Latino fathers in recovery / Ricardo Carrillo and Jerry Tello -- Evaluating parenting programs for men who batter : current considerations and controversies / Cris M. Sullivan Contents 8 1 Introduction: Involving Men Who Batter in Their Children’s Lives 12 2 Shared Parenting After Abuse: Battered Mothers’ Perspectives on Parenting After Dissolution of a Relationship 28 Box: Fathers’ Voices on Parenting and Violence 41 3 Assessing the Best Interests of the Child: Visitation and Custody in Cases of Domestic Violence 54 4 Deciding on Fathers’ Involvement in Their Children’s Treatment After Domestic Violence 74 5 A Conceptual Framework for Fathering Intervention With Men Who Batter 94 6 Guidelines for Intervention With Abusive Fathers 111 7 Working With Fathers in Batterer Intervention Programs: Lessons From the Fathering After Violence Project 127 8 Latino Fathers in Recovery 140 9 Evaluating Parenting Programs for Men Who Batter: Current Considerations and Controversies 146 About the Contributors 158 Index 166 A 166 B 167 C 167 D 170 E 170 F 171 G 172 H 172 I 172 J 173 K 173 L 173 M 173 N 174 O 174 P 174 R 175 S 175 T 176 U 176 V 176 W 177 Y 177 What is the best way to work with fathers who have a history of abusive behavior? Distills the most relevant policy issues, research findings, and practice considerations for those who coordinate batterer programs or work with families, the courts, and the child welfare system. It guides professionals in understanding men who batter, assessing their parenting skills, making decisions about custody and visitation, and modeling treatment programs that engage fathers in their children's lives while maximizing safety. From publisher description