Feder, Lynette (ed.) (1999) Women and domestic violence: an interdisciplinary approach. New York and London: The Haworth Press. (Book Reviews).

Feder, Lynette (ed.) (1999) Women and domestic violence: an interdisciplinary approach. New York and London: The Haworth Press. (Book Reviews). The focus of the articles in this book, is on the use of aninterdisciplinary in��ter��dis��ci��pli��nar��y?adj.Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct.interdisciplinaryAdjective approach to the study of domestic violence. With suchan approach and the use of various disciplines as well as academiciansand professionals working in this area, we could understand the nature,causes, consequences and treatment for domestic violence. The first article serves as an introduction to this collection ondomestic violence, putting more emphasis on the need for aninterdisciplinary approach. The second article "Revising the Ruleof the Thumb", provides a historical analysis on domestic violencein America, tracing its roots in the western traditions.'Protecting Battered Women: Latest trends in civil legalRelief' the authors identify emerging trends in civil protectionorders. The study concluded that civil domestic violence laws arehelping to empower empowerverbTo encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems victims, by providing the protection they needed toleave their abusers. By such studies more jurisdictions are alsobeginning to provide production protection before abuse escalates intomore dangerous and violent patterns. Furthermore, the result show thatthe case can be handled by allowing a victim to seek a civil protectionorder faced on evidence of harassment Ask a Lawyer QuestionCountry: United States of AmericaState: NevadaI recently moved to nev.from abut have been going back to ca. every 2 to 3 weeks for med. , stalking Criminal activity consisting of the repeated following and harassing of another person.Stalking is a distinctive form of criminal activity composed of a series of actions that taken individually might constitute legal behavior. and emotional abuse. Inthe article, "Police handling of domestic violence calls: Anoverview and further investigation", the study compares the ratesand correlates associated with an arrest response when police respond todomestic assault calls on one jurisdiction at one point in time throughtwo different methodological approaches, police, self-report andcase-record analysis. The study indicated that when policeself-reported, there was a high likelihood of arrests. The rate ofarrests was about 60%, while police reports indicated a much lower rateof arrests (20%). Finally the article, "Does Batterer Treatment Reduce Violence?A Synthesis of the Literature," Robert G. Davis and Bruce G. Tylor,provide an extensive review of the research literature on the efficacyof court mandated counselling for misdemeanour domestic violenceoffenders. The authors provide a thoughtful critique of the researchconducted to date testing the impact of court-mandated counselling onthis particular offender population. The paper basically reviews threequestions based on the research literature on group treatment programsfor batterers: Does treatment reduce violence relative to the absence oftreatment? Do some forms of treatment work better than others, and doestreatment work better for some batterers than for others? The study concluded that there is fairly consistent evidence thattreatment works and that the effect of treatment is substantial.Regarding the second question, little evidence to date shows that oneform of treatment is superior to another or that longer programs turnout less violent graduates than shorter ones. For the last question, theresult shows that their basis for hypothesising that some batterers aremay fare better in treatment and fare better in certain types oftreatment than others. The paper also concludes with lessons fromliterature on designing future research. Generally the articles in this book provide an assortment assortment/as��sort��ment/ (ah-sort��ment) the random distribution of nonhomologous chromosomes to daughter cells in metaphase of the first meiotic division. as��sort��mentn. ofreadings from a historian, lawyer, criminologist crim��i��nol��o��gy?n.The scientific study of crime, criminals, criminal behavior, and corrections.[Italian criminologia : Latin cr and psychologist whoapproach the topic from a particular perspective of their discipline.Reading this book will stimulate further thinking and action aboutdomestic violence. It is also a good reference for researchers,professionals and students.