Marital Violence

Originally published in 1983, this book is based on research into the way practitioners in the medical, legal, and social services viewed marriage and violence at the time. It examines marital violence from a number of perspectives and the ways in which different agencies and practitioners respond to the problem.

Margaret Borkowski, Mervyn Murch, Val Walker

Acknowledgements Part I 1. Introduction 2. How Much Marital Violence Comes to the Attention of Public Services? 3. Some Social Characteristics of Victims of Marital Violence Part II 4. Problems of Definition 5. Problems of Explanation 6. Questions of Evidence 7. Issues of Privacy and Confidentiality 8. Ambivalence in Victims and Practitioners 9. Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse 10. Role Definition 11. Perceptions of Other Services Part III 12. The Significance of Agency Choice 13. Some Policy Considerations. Appendix - The Practitioner Study: Mode of Sampling and Characteristics of Practitioners. References. Name Index. Subject Index.