Product Description
This book has been written for all of those who are interested in understanding and preventing violence in Australia. Whether it occurs in the home, in the workplace, whilst out socialising or on the sports field, the personal, social, and economic costs of violence are often profound. Not only does it damage the physical and psychological health of those who are directly involved, but it also impacts adversely on many others – including witnesses, family and friends, and those law enforcement and health professionals who are expected to respond. And yet, there have been few previous attempts to draw together the various disciplinary and professional perspectives on how we might approach the task of preventing violence in Australia.
This book has been written by experts in violence prevention, whether they be forensic, clinical and developmental psychologists, criminologists and sociologists, social workers, or specialists in public policy, law, and education. They tell us how they understand violence and about those prevention strategies that they know to be effective.
About the Contributors
Preventing Violence in Australia: Policy, Practice, and Solutions
Andrew Day and Ephrem Fernandez
Violence in Australia and its Victims: A Case for Victims’ Rights and Victim Assistance
Michael O’Connell
Understanding Homicide in Australia: Exploring Perpetrator Accounts
Paul Mazerolle, Li Eriksson, Richard Wortley and Holly Johnson
Violence Prevention and Early Intervention: What Works?
John W Toumbourou, Rachel K Leung, Ross Homel, Kate Freiberg, Lata Satyen and Sheryl A Hemphill
Bullying in Australian Schools: Causes, Consequences and Proposed Solutions
Ken Rigby
Youth Violence and Mental Health: Associations and Emerging Service Responses
Gennady Baksheev and Rosemary Purcell
Assessing Violence Risk
Sarah J Brown
The Problem of Workplace Violence: A Focus on the Mental Health Sector
Michael Daffern, Tessa Maguire, Andrew Carroll and Brian McKenna
Alcohol and Interpersonal Violence: A Symbiotic Relationship
Peter Miller and Steven Litherland
Treating the Seriously Violent: The New Zealand Experience
Devon L L Polaschek
Legal Response to Racially-motivated Violence against Ethnic Minorities: Two Australian Case Studies
Alperhan Babacan
Cultural Relativism and Indigenous Family Violence
Paul Memmott, Daphne Nash and Charles Passi
Violence, Masculinity, and Age: Theoretical Linkages and Practice Implications
Tatiana Corrales
Domestic Violence against Women: Policy, Practice and Solutions in the Australian Context
Donna Chung and Sarah Wendt
Violence in Australia: Some Policy Directions and Challenges
Georgina Fuller and Adam Tomison
Conclusions and Future Directions
Ephrem Fernandez and Andrew Day
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