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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nancy Nason-Clark (Chair, Dept. of Sociology, Chair, Dept. of Sociology, University of New Brunswick) , Barbara Fisher-Townsend (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of New Brunswick)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.30cm Weight: 0.474kg ISBN: 9780199351862ISBN 10: 0199351864 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 20 November 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Childhood Chapter 3 - Intimate Relationships Chapter 4 - Living Dangerously Chapter 5 - Caught in the Act and Before the Courts Chapter 6 - Doing Time and Being Monitored Chapter 7 - Checking In and Doing the Work Chapter 8 - Accountable Chapter 9 - Hope or Despair? Appendices References IndexReviewsMen Who Batter, a relatively unique analysis of male battering and its consequences, alternates between rich and engaging first-hand narratives related to battering (e.g., from batterers in treatment programs) and the relevant scholarly literature. ... This book would be appropriate for a broad audience, including undergraduate students, researchers, and counselors, as well as those wishing to expand their understanding of domestic violence and the stories of men who batter. --PsycCRITIQUES """Men Who Batter, a relatively unique analysis of male battering and its consequences, alternates between rich and engaging first-hand narratives related to battering (e.g., from batterers in treatment programs) and the relevant scholarly literature. ... This book would be appropriate for a broad audience, including undergraduate students, researchers, and counselors, as well as those wishing to expand their understanding of domestic violence and the stories of men who batter."" --PsycCRITIQUES" Author InformationNancy Nason-Clark, Ph.D., is a Professor (and Chair) of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. She is the author or editor of over 10 books, including No Place for Abuse (2nd ed., 2010 with Catherine Clark Kroeger), The Battered Wife (1997) and the co-edited collection, Understanding Abuse: Partnering for Change (2004) as well as over one hundred peer-reviewed articles or chapters. Barbara Fisher-Townsend, Ph.D., teaches Sociology at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. For more than ten years her research agenda has focused on how best to change the thinking and behaviour of religious men who have acted abusively in order to bring peace and safety to those impacted by violence. She has authored and co-authored articles and book chapters with Nancy Nason-Clark, and others, which appear in The Journal of Religion and Abuse, Social Work and Christianity, Critical Social Work, the Handbook on Sociology of Religion and Social Institutions, and American Sociology of Religion: Histories. Barbara served as an author and editor of Beyond Abuse in the Christian Home: Raising Voices for Change (2008), Responding to Abuse in Christian Homes: A Challenge to Churches and their Leaders (2011), and the third volume in this series entitled Strengthening Families and Ending Abuse: Churches and their Leaders Look to the Future (2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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