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Title:      Safety Planning with Battered Women: Complex Lives/Difficult Choices (Copy 2)
Authors:      Davies, Jill; Lyon, Eleanor; and Monti-Catania, Diane
ISBN-10(13):      ODVN
Publisher:      SAGE Publications
Publication date:      1998
Language:      English
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Description:     

This book introduces a new model of "women-defined" advocacy that is designed to bridge the gap that sometimes occurs between a battered woman's perspective and a victim advocate's perception.

Chapters include:

  • Understanding Battered Women's Perspectives
    • Creating the Image of Battered Women
    • Batterer-Generated Risks
    • Life-Generated risks
    • Battered Women's Decision Making and Safety Planning
  • Building Partnerships with Battered Women
    • Risk Analysis
    • Safety Planning with Battered Women
  • Systems Advocacy
    • Toward a Woman-Defined Advocacy Environment
    • Women-Defined Policy Advocacy
    • Conclusion