1st Edition

Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse Tackling the Health and Mental Health Effects

242 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, and sexual exploitation through prostitution, pornography and trafficking can have many significant adverse impacts on a survivor’s health and wellbeing, in the short, medium and long-term. Taking a life-course approach, the book explores what is known about appropriate treatment responses to those who have experienced, and... Read more
Selected contents:  Part 1 Setting the scene Catherine Itzin, Ann Taket and Sarah Barter-Godfrey  1. Introduction - the Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme (VVAPP) and its work  Part 2 Violence and abuse through the life-course, Ann Taket, Sarah Barter-Godfrey and Catherine Itzin  2. Across the life-course  3. The importance of childhood  4. Across the lifespan: youth, young people and adolescence  5. Violence and abuse across the lifespan: adults  Part 3 Addressing Inequalities  6. Gender and sexuality, Marianne Hester  7. Race and Culture, Hannana Siddiqui, Meena Patel and Jalna Hanmer  8. Violence, Abuse and Disabled People, Richard Curen, Valerie Sinason, Jackie Barron, Nicola Harwin and Ruth Marchant  9. Abuse by professionals, Sarah Barter-Godfrey  Part 4 Tackling Sexual and Domestic Violence and Abuse Ann Taket, Sarah Barter-Godfrey and Catherine Itzin  10. Conclusions and implications for research, policy and practice

Biography

Catherine Itzin was Emerita Professor in Mental Health Policy, University of Lincoln, UK until her death on 9 March 2010.

Ann Taket is Professor of Health and Social Exclusion in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia.

Sarah Barter-Godfrey is Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia.