Battered Women, Children, and Welfare Reform - The Ties That Bind

Two topics of current concern -- domestic violence and welfare reform -- are linked in this timely book that has been developed by leading academics, practitioners, advocates, policymakers, and abused welfare recipients. The chapters explore various threads that link family violence to welfare including: how public assistance can provide the financial support necessary for escaping violence; how batterers restrict their partner's employment and educational opportunities, thereby preventing them from being independent of the welfare system; how child support regulations require disclosure about abusers that may increase the danger of family violence; and how child abuse is linked to the need for welfare.

Summary

Two topics of current concern -- domestic violence and welfare reform -- are linked in this timely book that has been developed by leading academics, practitioners, advocates, policymakers, and abused welfare recipients. The chapters explore various threads that link family violence to welfare including: how public assistance can provide the financial support necessary for escaping violence; how batterers restrict their partner's employment and educational opportunities, thereby preventing them from being independent of the welfare system; how child support regulations require disclosure about abusers that may increase the danger of family violence; and how child abuse is linked to the need for welfare.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth A. Brandwein
• Assisted by: Ruth A. Brandwein (Editor)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.1998
• EAN: 9780761911487
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-1148-7
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: Sage Series on Violence Agains; Sage Series on Violence Against Women; Sage Series on Violence Agains; SAGE Series on Violence against Women; Sage Violence Against Women
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services