Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415422639 ISBN 13: 9780415422635

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

Everyone working in health and social care is at one point or another confronted by violent behaviour and its consequences. Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression provides a broad overview of violence in relation to a range of groups and areas that involve human service professionals.

Adopting an international perspective, this book looks at the ways in which violence, abuse and oppression can be clearly associated with power imbalances which are often gendered and which are covertly or overtly manifested at a range of levels including the interpersonal as well as the organizational and the political. It explores debates and challenges with regard to theoretical orientations, policy frameworks and how power imbalances intersect with a range of influencing factors including gender, poverty, indigenous/ethnic issues, class and sexuality.

Examining the implications for human service professionals, each chapter of Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression provides an historical overview, explores theoretical perspectives, examines specific policy and practice context, appraises the contribution from research and assesses the impact for individuals and groups.

About this title

About the Author

Barbara Fawcett; Fran Waugh

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415422639
• ISBN 13: 9780415422635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Fawcett Barbara, Waugh Fran