Main description:

Breaking Apart Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse provides a thorough examination of intimate partner violence and abuse, encompassing the nature, influential factors, and the impact of its presence in interpersonal relationships.

By "pulling together" representative studies and other evidence-based analyses by researchers and interventionists, this comprehensive overview of the concept surveys the prevalence, patterns, and common risk factors among a number of demographics, including women, men, transpeople, partners in opposite- and same-sex relationships, teen dating partners, later-life partners and abused partners with disabilities. The authors also disentangle - that is, "break apart" - the factors of race, class, gender, sexuality, gender expression and culture by exploring their effects on experiences of intimate partner violence and abuse perpetration and victimization. Although less scrutinized in current literature on the topic, discourse and institutional barriers to abused women's well-being and safety are also delved into, particularly those exacerbated by rural isolation, non-national status and theologies. The authors supplement their in-depth overview of the concept by highlighting relevant protective measures and resources throughout, identifying treatments and public health approaches to violence and abuse intervention and prevention, as well as incorporating learning exercises and illustrations that extend the book's concepts into real-life settings.

By assessing and exploring the forms, causes, prevalence, and consequences of intimate partner violence and abuse among different groups, the authors address the topic with important nuance and scope. Combined with their evidence-based recommendations to address the problem, the book offers valuable insight for students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of domestic and family abuse and intimate partner violence.

Contents:

1. "Breaking Apart" Violence and Abuse in Intimate Partner Relationships 2. "Breaking Apart" Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse - Theories and Methodologies 3. "Breaking Apart" Women's Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse 4. "Breaking Apart" Men's Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse 5. "Breaking Apart" Teen Dating Violence and Abuse 6. "Breaking Apart" Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse among Later-Life Adults and Persons with Disabilities 7. "Breaking Apart" Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse against Women in Cultural Contexts 8. "Breaking Apart" Why They Abuse, Why They Stay and How They Leave 9. "Breaking Apart" Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Intervention and Prevention Appendix I Appendix II Index