Anyone can become a victim of domestic violence. As such, it is essential for all of us to continue the war against domestic violence. Supplying a comprehensive overview of domestic violence across racial/ethnic groups, the new edition of this popular reference explores topics rarely discussed in other domestic violence texts as well as the barriers that often discourage victims from reporting abuse.
Continuing the War Against Domestic Violence, Second Edition provides readers with the benefit of varied perspectives from both academics and professionals. It outlines prosecution and defense strategies and supplies a balanced critique of mandatory arrest policies. This fully revised edition supplies new coverage of the problems often encountered when victims seek police help. It includes three new chapters on dating violence, religion and domestic violence, and historical interventions in response to domestic violence.
In part I readers will gain an understanding of the salient issues unique to certain racial/ethnic/cultural groups. Part II offers a unique and rare insight into the correlates, causes, and contextual properties of domestic violence. Part III, which constitutes the substance of this book, explains how criminal justice systems—through their policies, procedures, and operations—respond to domestic violence.
Following in the tradition of the first edition, this book devotes considerable attention to the experiences and perspectives of criminal and social justice practitioners alongside researchers, child welfare workers, and other renowned scholars across disciplines. Offering comprehensive and interdisciplinary coverage of key topics that benefit a diverse audience, the book concludes by offering a unique perspective on punishing and rehabilitating offenders.
Section I: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACROSS CULTURES
1 Domestic Violence in Indian Country
JULIE C. ABRIL AND LEE E. ROSS
2 Intimate Partner Violence Among Latinos
JOANNE KLEVENS
3 Domestic Violence in Asian Cultures
QIANG XU AND JENNIFER COLANESE
4 Domestic Violence Among African Americans: Strengthening Knowledge to Inform Action
TRICIA B. BENT-GOODLEY, ZULEKA HENDERSON, AND AKOSOA MCFADGION
Section II: SPECIAL TOPICS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
5 Physical Child Abuse, Neglect, and Domestic Violence: A Case Studies Approach
MARK A. WINTON AND ELIZABETH M. RASH
6 The Response of the Child Welfare System to Domestic Violence
MELANIE SHEPARD AND GINA FARRELL
7 Theoretical Connections Between Dating and Marital Violence
RYAN C. SHOREY, TARA L. CORNELIUS, AND KATHRYN M. BELL
8 Religion and Intimate Partner Violence: A Double-Edge Sword
LEE E. ROSS
9 Connections Between Domestic Violence and Homelessness
CHARLENE K. BAKER
10 Domestic Violence Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons: Populations at Risk CHRISTOPHER W. BLACKWELL
11 Police Officers and Spousal Violence: Work– Family Linkages
LEANOR BOULIN JOHNSON
Section III: CRIMINAL AND CIVIL RESPONSES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
12 Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence: A Historical Review
JOHN R. BARNER AND MICHELLE MOHR CARNEY
13 Civil Protection Orders Against Domestic Violence: Practices and Procedures
ROBERT T. MAGILL, WALTER KOMANSKI, AND LEE E. ROSS
14 Prosecuting Domestic Violence Cases: Issues and Concerns
WALTER KOMANSKI AND ROBERT T. MAGILL
15 Defending Individuals Charged With Domestic Assault and Battery
JOHN V. ELMORE AND LEE E. ROSS
16 Court-Ordered Treatment Programs: An Evaluation of Batterers Anonymous
REBECCA BONANNO
17 Community Supervision of Domestic Violence Offenders: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
LYNETTE FEDER AND KATHERINE C. GOMEZ
18 A Restorative Justice Approach to Domestic Violence
DEBRA HEATH-THORNTON
Biography
Lee E. Ross, PhD, is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Central Florida. A graduate of Rutgers University, his research interests span a variety of areas, from his seminal work on religion and social control theory to more recent explorations into the consequences of mandatory arrest policies and the patriarchal role of religion in domestic violence. As editor of the first edition of the War Against Domestic Violence, Dr. Ross spent several years as a group facilitator to the Milwaukee Domestic Abuse Intervention Program (DAIP).
His scholarship can be found in a variety of academic journals, including Justice Quarterly, Journal of Criminal Justice, Journal of Crime and Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, The Justice Professional, Sociological Spectrum, and Sociological Focus, among others. A member of the doctoral faculty, Dr. Ross teaches a variety of courses, including domestic violence and systems responses as well as race, crime, and justice. Recently, Dr. Ross became the first criminologist in the state of Florida to qualify as an expert witness in a criminal case involving domestic violence.
