Parenting by Men Who Batter

New Directions for Assessment and Intervention

Edited by Jeffrey L. Edleson and Oliver J. Williams

Description

What is the best way to work with fathers who have a history of abusive behavior? This question is among the thorniest that social service and criminal justice professionals must deal with in their careers, and in this essential new work Jeffrey L. Edleson, Oliver J. Williams, and a group of international colleagues examine the host of equally difficult issues that surround it.

Reviews

"As a senior policy analyst in the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, working on issues of domestic violence and child maltreatment for many years, I have come to believe that we must pay a lot more attention than we have to fathers who batter and the various ways their behavior affects their children. Given my experience, this book by Edleson and Williams is most timely and welcome. They have assembled a group of important chapters that provide very useful policy and practice perspectives that can advance our ability to keep children safe in families without violence and destructive control. Parenting by Men Who Batter tackles critical and cutting edge issues."-- Jerry Silverman, co-editor of Children Exposed to Violence

"This book breathes the fresh air of hope and reason into an old debate. It provides a unique and concise integration of findings from both research and practice. It summarizes the relevant research about abusive men as parents as well as the effects of domestic violence on children. Just as importantly, it clues us into the perspectives of mothers, fathers, and children who experience domestic violence and tells us what they want Beyond this, the book shows how men with histories of domestic violence can be helped to become better parents in ways that are safe and responsible to the needs of children and their mothers."-- David Adams, Ed.D., Co-Director, Emerge, and Facilitator, Responsible Fatherhood Program at Emerge