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List of contents
1. Introduction: Why change current practice?
Part I: Research
2. Challenging the gendered approach to men’s violence towards women
3. "Victim cast as perpetrator": Men’s experiences of the Criminal Justice System following female-perpetrated intimate partner violence
4. "It can’t be that bad, I mean, he’s a guy": Exploring judgements towards domestic violence scenarios varying on perpetrator gender, victim gender, and abuse type
5. Distinctions in adolescent dating violence: An exploration of etiology, scope, and prevention strategies of intimate partner violence in adolescence
6. Barriers to support in LGBTQ+ populations
Part II: Practice
7. The evolution of evidence-based treatment for domestic violence perpetrators
8. Using research in practice: Up2U an innovative approach to tackling domestic abuse
9. Towards evidence-based treatment of female perpetrated intimate partner violence and abuse
10. Raising awareness and improving services for male victims of abuse: Reflections on a three-year development project in Scotland
11. Childhood experiences of domestic violence and adult outcomes: Where are we now: challenges, debates and interventions?
12. Conclusions and recommendations: Why change current practice?
About the author
Elizabeth A. Bates is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Cumbria. Key areas of interest include intimate partner violence with a specific focus on exploring male victims’ experiences.
Julie C. Taylor is a Principal Lecturer responsible for Psychology and allied subjects at the University of Cumbria. Her current research projects include: children and young people’s experiences of domestic violence and young people’s experiences of technology assisted harmful sexual behaviour.
Summary
In this challenging new book, with contributions from the UK and US, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is assessed from a more holistic position, providing a nuanced understanding of male violence, as well consideration of male victims, IPV within the LGBTQ+ community, perceptions of perpetrators and victims, and IPV within adolescent populations.
