Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger. <br/><br/>
Responding to domestic violence :  the integration of criminal justice and human services / 
Eve S. Buzawa, Carl G. Buzawa, Evan Stark. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Thousand Oaks, California :  Sage Publications,  2012. 
 - 478 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Rev. ed. of: Domestic violence. 3rd ed. c2003. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the role and context of agency responses to domestic violence -- The scope of the problem : defining and measuring domestic violence -- Matters of history, faith, and society -- Theoretical explanations for domestic violence -- Selective screening : barriers to intervention -- The impetus for change -- The evolution of arrest preferences : criminalizing the societal response -- Variations in arrest practices -- The role of state and federal legislation -- Case prosecution : the journey from a roadblock to a change agent -- Civil courts and the role of restraining orders -- Models for judicial intervention -- Community-based and court-sponsored diversions -- Domestic violence, health, and the health system response -- Domestic violence, children, and the institutional response. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781412956406 (pbk.)   GBP24.30 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wife abuse -- United States.<br/>Family violence -- Prevention.-- United States <br/>Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.