Family Violence and Police Response : Learning from Research, Policy and Practice in European Countries (Hardcover)

Contents: Foreword, Betsy Stanko; Introduction, Wilma Smeenk and Marijke Malsch; Challenges of surveying violence against women: development of research methods, Natalia Ollus and Sami Nevala; Critical issues related to the measurement of intimate partner violence: a clustering analysis of psychometric scores, Juanjo Medina-Ariza and Eduardo Fe-Rodriguez; Violence against women in France and issues of ethnicity, Stephanie Condon; Moving in the same or different directions? Reflections on recent developments in domestic violence legislation in Europe, Liz Kelly; Violence against women in the Swedish context, Peter LindstrA¶m; Legal processing of domestic violence cases in the Italian criminal justice system, Anna C. Baldry; Family violence against women in Greece, Sevaste Chatzifotiou; (Un)organized responses to domestic violence: challenges and changes in Switzerland, Corinna Seith; Abuser programmes and violence against women, Russell P. Dobash and Rebecca Emerson Dobash; Legislation on family violence and stalking, Marijke Malsch and Wilma Smeenk; Family violence and police response: learning from research, policy and practice, Wilma Smeenk and Marijke Malsch; Index.