Family Violence From a Global Perspective

Focusing on family violence worldwide <strong>Family Violence From a Global Perspective: A Strengths-Based Approach</strong> draws on the expertise of authors from 16 countries representing 17 cultures to tell the story of domestic violence in their respective parts of the world. This one-of-a-kind edited collection by Sylvia M. Asay John DeFrain Marcee Metzger and Bob Moyer incorporates a strengths-based approach including individual relationship community and societal strengths. The collection draws on multiple perspectives (academics counselors organizers activists and victims) to determine strengths and analyze how they can translate into greater safety for victims increased accountability of perpetrators and improved policy formation and research. Each chapter focuses on the lived experiences of victims of intimate partner violence child abuse or elder abuse and includes information about the abuser the family the community and the culture.