Domestic Violence

Domestic violence: an overview of research that informs practice, Ernest N. Jouriles and John P. Vincent; social information processing skills deficits: summary of a research program, Amy Holtzworth-Munroe; evaluating interventions for men who batter, Julia Babcock, Jaslean LaTaillade; assessment of women who seek shelter from abusing partners, Nanette Stephens and Renee McDonald; understanding the impact of interparental aggression on children: the role of social cognitive processes, John Grych; the community advocay project: iterventions for women witn abusing partners, Cris Sullivan; project support, Renee McDonald and Ernest N. Jouriles; juvenile crime victims: psychological impact and treatment, John P. Vincent, Gerald Harris, Cynthia Vincent, Janette Cross

This is, in sum, a volume that will be of use and relevance to those in marital/relationship and family therapy. The evidence base for the interventions is still limited, but the chapters show what progress has been made, and this alone is a significant contribution. In an area where, rightly, the focus is on making one's interventions as soundly evidence-based as possible, books such as this are a help to the busy practitioner.