Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression: Debates and Challenges Book

List of contributors     vii
Acknowledgements     xi
Introduction     1
Lenses for understanding: framing the debates within violence, abuse and oppression     5
Women and violence   Barbara Fawcett     7
Men and violence   Maurice Hanlon     17
Trapped within poverty and violence   Deborah Hart     25
Towards healing: recognizing the trauma surrounding Aboriginal family violence   Karen Menzies   Lorna Mcnamara     38
Politics and policies within violence, abuse and oppression     55
Feminism(s) and domestic violence within national policy contexts   Ruth Phillips     57
'Violence', criminal justice, the law, policy and practice   Lesley Laing     67
Challenging the second closet: intimate partner violence between lesbians   Jude Irwin     80
Violence against women in rural settings   Margot Rawsthorne     93
Violence, abuse and oppression - across the spectrum     107
Violence against children within the family   Fran Waugh     109
Violence and the state: asylum seeker children   Denise Lynch     122
Out of the asylum: from restraints to freedom?   Zita Weber     132
Violence against the self: self-harm and suicide   Agi O'Hara     147
Disability and violence   Barbara Fawcett     155
Older people and violence   Lindsey Napier   Fran Waugh     163
Human service professionals, violence and the workplace   Rosalie Pockett     174
Conclusion     187
Bibliography     191
Index     226