The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)

"Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective sometimes applied to viewing the emotional and developmental risks to battered children, The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics, Second Edition offers a view that takes into account the complex ways in which a batterer’s abusive and controlling behaviors are woven into the fabric of daily life. This book is a guide for therapists, child protective workers, family and juvenile court personnel, and other human service providers in addressing the complex impact that batterers - specifically, male batterers of a domestic partner when there are children in the household - have on family functioning. In addition to providing an understanding of batterers as parents and family members, the book also supplies clearly delineated approaches to such practice issues as assessing risk to children (including perpetrating incest), parenting issues in child custody and visitation evaluation, and impact on children's therapeutic process and family functioning in child protective practice."--pub. desc Moving Beyond The Narrow Clinical Perspective Sometimes Applied To Viewing The Emotional And Developmental Risks To Battered Children, This Book, Offers A View That Takes Into Account The Complex Ways In Which A Batterer's Abusive And Controlling Behaviors Are Woven Into The Fabric Of Daily Life. This Book Is A Guide For Therapists, Child Protective Workers, Family And Juvenile Court Personnel, And Other Human Service Providers In Addressing The Complex Impact That Batterers -- Specifically, Male Batterers Of A Domestic Partner When There Are Children In The Household -- Have On Family Functioning. The Battering Problem -- Power Parenting: The Batterer's Style With Children -- Shock Waves: The Batterer's Impact On The Home -- The Batterer As Incest Perpetrator -- Impending Recovery: The Batterer As Parent Postseparation -- The Mismeasure Of Batterers As Parents: A Critique Of Prevailing Theories Of Assessment -- Supporting Recovery: Assessing Risk To Children From Batterers And Structuring Visitation -- Is It Real? Assessing And Fostering Change In Batterers As Parents -- Improving Community Responses To The Parenting Of Batterers. Lundy Bancroft, Jay G. Silverman, Daniel Ritchie. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 277-308) And Index. Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective, this text offers a view that takes into account the complex ways in which a batterer's abusive and controlling behaviors are woven into the fabric of daily life