Description: ForewordPART I: SOCIAL ACTION, RESEARCH, AND POLICY REFORMS1. Introduction: Myths and Realities Regarding Battered Women2. Social Action for Battered Women3. A Comparative Analysis of Incarcerated Battered Women and a Community Sample of Battered Women4. Social Work and Criminal Justice Responses to Elder Abuse in New York City5. Domestic Violence and Woman Battering: Theories and Practice ImplicationsPART II: CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSES6. Police Responses to Battered Women: Past, Present, and Future7. Court Responses to Battered Women8. The Criminalization of Woman Battering: Planned Change Experiences in New York State9. Battered Women, Homicide and the Legal SystemPART III: ASSESSMENT, INTERVENTION, AND SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS10. Shelter-Based Crisis Intervention with Battered Women11. Children of Battered Women: Research, Programs and Services12. Mental Health Interventions with Battered Women13. The False Connection between Adult Domestic Violence and Alcohol14. Latino Battered Women: Barriers to Service Delivery and Cultural ConsiderationsEpilogue: Helping Battered WomenAuthor indexSubject index

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