Violence and Abuse Books

New and Published Books

1. Strengthening Systems to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence

   Edited by Pat Conway, Pamela Cox, Patricia Cook-Craig, Sandra Ortega, Theresa Armstead

   Over the past 25 years, developing coordinated responses to intimate partner violence and sexual violence has improved both perpetrator accountability, and victim safety and self-determination. However, preventing intimate partner violence and sexual violence from occurring is beyond the ability of...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. Community Mental Health

   Challenges for the 21st Century, Second Edition

   Edited by Jessica Rosenberg, Samuel Rosenberg

   The first edition of Community Mental Health quickly established itself as one of the most comprehensive and timely books about mental health practice in community settings. Readers will find that this new edition is also on the leading edge of the field, providing the most up-to-date research and...

   Published August 24th 2012 by Routledge
3. Sex Offenders: Punish, Help, Change or Control?

   Theory, Policy and Practice Explored

   Edited by Jo Brayford, Francis Cowe, John Deering

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

   Sex offending, and in particular child sex offending, is a complex area for policy makers, theorists and practitioners. A focus on punishment has reinforced sex offending as a problem that is essentially ‘other’ to society and discourages engagement with the real scale and scope of sexual offending...

   Published June 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Understanding and Preventing Online Sexual Exploitation of Children

   Edited by Ethel Quayle, Kurt Ribisl

   Over the last decade there has been dramatically increased interest in the ways that technology has been used in the abuse and exploitation of children, due in part to increasing numbers of convictions for child pornography-related offenses. Opinion swings between those who feel that there is a...

   Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. Alternatives to Domestic Violence

   A Homework Manual for Battering Intervention Groups, Third Edition

   By Kevin A. Fall, Shareen Howard

   Created to be used as a workbook by men in domestic violence group counseling, this book presents a solid, interactive, and comprehensive treatment tool. If you are a group leader, this guide will provide you with a supplement to your group instruction. Like the previous editions, it is designed...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
6. Surviving and Moving On

   Self Help for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

   By Kim McGregor

   This book is essential reading for any survivor of child sexual abuse, female or male. Many survivors of sexual abuse have not always been believed or supported through their developmental years. They have had to cope on their own, dealing with the aftermath of the abuse in whatever ways they could...

   Published December 31st 2008 by Willan
7. Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

   Evidence, Policy and Practice

   By Stephen Smallbone, William L. Marshall, Richard Wortley

   Series: Crime Science Series

   Public policy responses to child sexual abuse are dominated by interventions designed to take effect only after offenders have already begun offending, and after children have already been sexually abused. Comparatively little attention has been given to alternative prevention strategies –...

   Published March 31st 2008 by Willan
8. Child Pornography

   Crime, Computers and Society

   By Ian O'Donnell, Claire Milner

   This book explores the enduring appeal of child pornography and its ramifications for criminal justice systems around the world. It is based on an extensive review of academic literature and newspaper coverage, a trawl of websites frequented by those with a sexual interest in children, a survey of...

   Published September 30th 2007 by Willan
9. Sex Offenders in the Community

   Edited by Amanda Matravers

   Series: Cambridge Criminal Justice Series

   This book explores current criminal justice responses to the management of individuals who are convicted of sexual offences. It aims to help policy-makers, practitioners and students to develop an informed position on this complex and increasingly controversial issue. Although the focus is...

   Published December 31st 2004 by Willan
10. Sex Crime

    2nd Edition

    By Terry Thomas

    Series: Crime and Society Series

    This book provides an account of the nature and extent of sex crime and offending in contemporary Britain, and the policies and legislative actions taken to combat this. Sex offenders have become 'demonised' figures, which has made it essential to explain the phenomena and to formulate appropriate...

    Published December 31st 2004 by Willan