Description
Over the past 40 years, considerable progress has been made in lowering rates of domestic violence in our communities. This progress has been uneven, however, due to continuing misconceptions about the causes and dynamics of domestic violence, which include an exaggerated focus on males as perpetrators and females as victims, as well as a heavy-handed law enforcement response that compromises the rights of criminal defendants without necessarily reducing violence.Gender and Domestic Violence presents empirical research findings and reform recommendations for prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, policy makers and intervention providers with the aim of rectifying shortcomings in legal and law enforcement responses to domestic violence. The volume's editors and chapter authors confront the notion that certain beliefs shared among victim advocates, legal actors, and other stakeholders -- principally that domestic violence is bound by gender, and is primarily a crime against women -- have led to the use of ineffective and potentially harmful one-size-fits-all intervention policies that can jeopardize defendant due process and victim safety. Domestic violence experts, legal scholars, and practicing attorneys present how gendered aspects of domestic violence affect legal decision-making and practice and provide strategies for becoming more inclusive in the adjudicative process, intervention/prevention, and practice. Gender and Domestic Violence: Contemporary Legal Practice and Intervention Reforms provides the foundation from which we can begin to move beyond the gender paradigm by recognizing disparities and applying tools that improve research, policing, and practice, allowing us to progress toward eradicating domestic violence, and to move closer to equality.
Table of Contents
Part I Topic Overview of Research on Domestic Violence1 Introduction-The Problem with the Gender ParadigmJohn Hamel, Ph.D. & Brenda Russell, Ph.D2 What We Currently Know about the Prevalence, Causes and Dynamics of Intimate Partner ViolenceElizabeth Bates, Ph.D. & Alexandra Papamichail, Ph.D3 The Law Enforcement Response to IPV: Toward a Gender-Neutral ApproachBrenda Russell, Ph.D & Emily Seisler, BA. BAPart II Litigation4 Gender, Sex, and the Prosecution of Intimate Partner ViolenceJennifer Cox, Ph.D., Elizabeth MacNeil, B.A. & Hannah Lind, B.A.5 Challenges and Strategies in Mounting a Legal Defense in IPV Criminal CasesCharles Dresow, Esq6 Intimate Partner Homicides and the Battered Person SyndromeJohn Hamel, Ph.D, Don Dutton, Ph.D., & Alexandra Lysova, Ph.D7 Jury Decision Making: Understanding and Overcoming Bias in the CourtroomBrenda Russell, Ph.D. & Blake McKimmie, Ph.DPart III Family Law8 Guidelines for Domestic Violence and Child Custody LitigationDavid Pisarra, Esq9 Custody and Intervention Recommendations in Family Law Cases: A Gender-Inclusive FrameworkJohn Hamel, Ph.D. & Kelly Baker, Ph.D10 The Same Coin: Intimate Partner Violence, Child Abuse, and Parental AlienationJennifer Harman, Ph.D & Edward Kruk, Ph.DPart IV Evidence-Based Interventions11 Holding Perpetrators Accountable: Evidence-based Interview and Assessment ProceduresJohn Hamel, Ph.D. & Liam Ennis, Ph.D12 Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) Informed Approaches to Batterer Intervention TreatmentAmie Roberts, LMH Counselor, CPM13 Couples and Family Interventions for Intimate Partner ViolenceVictoria Bennet, M.A., Janella Chu, B.S., Deanna Pollard, M.A., & Julia Babcock, Ph.D.14 Restorative Justice AlternativesBriana Barocas, Ph.D. & Rei Shimizu, LMSW, Ph.D
