Domestic violence sourcebook : basic consumer health information about intimate partner abuse, stalking, sexual harassment, and human trafficking, including facts about risk factors, warning signs, and forms of physical, sexual, mental, emotional, and financial abuse in women, men, adolescents, immigrants, elders, and other specific populations ; along with facts about digital dating abuse and cyberbullying, victims and abusers, strategies for preventing and intervening in abusive situations, interventions through workplaces and faith communities, tips regarding legal protections, a glossary of related terms, and a directory of resources for further information

Summary: "Provides basic consumer health information on domestic violence. It describes the many forms of physical and emotional abuse, and discusses the physical, mental, and social effects of violence against intimate partners, children, teens, the elderly, immigrants, and other populations; gives strategies for prevention and intervention. Includes index, glossary of related terms and directory of resources"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780780814608
ISBN: 0780814606
ISBN: 9780780814592
ISBN: 0780814592
Physical Description: print
xix, 620 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. I. Facts about domestic violence, stalking, and sexual harassment -- 1. What is domestic violence? -- Introduction to domestic violence -- Are coercion and controlling behaviors linked to IPV? -- Sexual abuse and IPV -- 2. Prevalence of domestic abuse -- 3. Risk factors for domestic violence -- Why does IPV occur? -- Individual, relational, community, and societal risk factors -- Power and control model -- Economic stress and IPV -- Are separated or divorced person at increased risk for IPV? -- Domestic violence in the wake of disasters -- 4. Detecting abuse-- Comparing healthy and abusive relationships -- Indicators of domestic violence -- Self-test for women : am I being abused? -- 5. Stalking -- Stalking : what it is and what you can do about it -- Factors contributing to stalking -- Security tips for stalking victims -- Stalking statistics -- 6. Sexual harassment -- Sexual harassment : what it its -- Prevalence of sexual harassment -- Understanding the link between childhood bullying and sexual violence -- Harassment in the workplace --