Table of Contents

1 Domestic Violence: The Players.- The Setting.- Primary Prevention and Domestic Violence.- Linking Primary Prevention to Community Settings.- Opportunities for Prevention.- Overview.- 2 Cops and the Community.- The Story of Policing in the United States.- History of Law Fnforcement Involvement in Domestic Violence.- Police Function and Role.- The Tension between Police Administration and Line Officers.- The Police and Public Scrutiny.- 3 Domestic Violence, Perception, and Decision-Making.- Perception.- How Players Make Decisions.- Unintended Outcomes.- Opportunities for Prevention: Beyond Arrest.- 4 Why Does Domestic Violence Happen?.- History.- Theoretical Explanations.- Biological Explanations.- Psychological and Social Psychological Explanations.- Sociological Models.- Feminist Models.- New Trends in Theory.- 5 What Do We Know about Domestic Violence?.- Identification.- What Happens in an Abusive Relationship?.- The Patterns of Violence and Abuse.- Demographics: Who Gets Hit? Who Are the Victims of Abuse?.- How Does the Victim Respond?.- Battered Women and Their Strategies to Escape, Avoid, and Survive Abuse.- 6 When Victims Ask for Help.- The Response of Helping Professions.- Prevention, Advocacy, and Safety Planning.- The Police Response.- Interview.- Assessment.- Documentation.- Victim Safety and Advocacy.- 7 Prevention and the Community: Where Do We Go from Here?.- Traditional Crime Prevention Efforts.- The Prevention Model.- Research as Mediation between Prevention Models.- Appendix A Victim’s Safety Plan.- Appendix B Suggested Readings.- References.- Author Index.

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