Table Of ContentResponding to Domestic Violence
5 Edition
To the millions who endure and survive and to those who protect and
support.
Responding to Domestic Violence
The Integration of Criminal Justice and Human
Services
5 Edition
Eve S. Buzawa
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Carl G. Buzawa
Attorney
Evan D. Stark
Rutgers University–Newark
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Brief Contents
1. Acknowledgments
2. Chapter 1 Introduction: The Role and Context of Agency Responses to
Domestic Violence
3. PART I. What Is Domestic Violence?
1. Chapter 2 The Nature and Extent of Domestic Violence
2. Chapter 3 Matters of History, Faith, and Society
3. Chapter 4 Theoretical Explanations for Domestic Violence
4. PART II. The Criminal Justice Response
1. Chapter 5 Selective Screening: Barriers to Intervention
2. Chapter 6 The Impetus for Change
3. Chapter 7 Policing Domestic Violence
4. Chapter 8 Prosecuting Domestic Violence: The Journey From a
Roadblock to a Change Agent
5. Chapter 9 The Role of Restraining Orders
6. Chapter 10 The Judicial Response
5. PART III. The Societal Response
1. Chapter 11 Mandated Institutional Change
2. Chapter 12 Community-Based and Court-Sponsored Diversions
3. Chapter 13 Domestic Violence, Health, and the Health System
Response
4. Chapter 14 Domestic Violence, Children, and the Institutional
Response
5. Chapter 15 Conclusion: Toward the Prevention of Domestic
Violence: Challenges and Opportunities
6. References
7. Index
8. About the Authors
Detailed Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Role and Context of Agency Responses to
Domestic Violence
Chapter Overview
The Domestic Violence Revolution: Taking Stock
Is the Domestic Violence Revolution a Success?
The Challenges Before Us
Challenges to a Criminal Justice Approach
Should Criminal Justice Intervention Be Victim-Centered?
The Evolution of This Text
Organization of This Edition
Conclusion
PART I. What Is Domestic Violence?
Chapter 2 The Nature and Extent of Domestic Violence
Chapter Overview
The Nature and Extent of Domestic Violence
Official Domestic Violence Data Sources
Unofficial Survey Data
Controversies Over Definitions
Statutorily Defined Relationships
Domestic Violence Offenses
Stalking as Coercive Control
Who Are the Victims?
The Role of Gender
Same-Sex Domestic Violence
Age
Marital Status
Socioeconomic Status
Racial and Ethnic Variations
The Impact of Domestic Violence
Injuries
Psychological and Quality-of-Life Effects on Victims
Monetary Costs
Domestic Violence in the Workplace
The Impact on Children and Adolescents
The Specialized Problem of Stalking in Intimate Relationships
The Impact of Stalking
Summary
Discussion Questions
Chapter 3 Matters of History, Faith, and Society
Chapter Overview
Historic Attitudes on Domestic Violence
English Common Law and European History
Early American Strategies and Interventions
Enforcement in the Mid-1800s
The Continuing Importance of History
The Historical Pull Back
The Religious Basis for Abuse
Why Religion Remains Important
The Effect of Religion on Potential Batterers
The Effect of Religion on the Behavior of Domestic
Violence Victims
Domestic Violence Rates Among the Faithful
Can Religion Become Part of the Solution?
Do Societies Hold Different Standards for Some
Religious Communities?
The Social Critique Perspective on History and Religion
The Feminist Perspective
Coercive Control and Domestic Violence
Conclusion
Summary
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4 Theoretical Explanations for Domestic Violence
Chapter Overview
The Complexity of Analyzing Intimate Partner Abuse
Individual-Focused Theories of Violence
The Role and Use of Batterer Typologies
Classifying Batterers by Severity and Frequency of
Abuse
Typing Batterers by Their Generality of Violence and
Psychopathology
Who Is Most at Risk of Battering?
Biology and Abuse: Are Some Batterers “Pre-Wired” for
Abuse?
A Question of the Mind?
Biological- and Psychological-Based Fear and Anxiety
Can Psychology Explain Domestic Abuse?
Personality Disorders and Mental Illness
Anger Control and the Failure to Communicate
Low Self-Esteem
Conflict Resolution Capabilities and the Failure to
Communicate
“Immature” Personality
Is Substance Abuse the Linkage Among Sociobiological,
Psychological, and Sociological Theories?
Are Certain Families Violent?
Social Control—Exchange of Violence
Family-Based Theories
The Violent Family
Learning Theory
Is Domestic Violence an Intergenerational Problem?
Sociodemographic Correlates of Violence and Underserved
Populations
Poverty and Unemployment
Ethnicity and Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence in the African American Community
Native Americans
Coercive Control
The Limits of Equating Partner Abuse With Domestic
Violence
The Theory of Coercive Control
The Technology of Coercive Control
Coercion
Violence
The Continuum of Sexual Coercion
Intimidation
Surveillance
Degradation
