Summary
Contents
Subject index
This one-of-a-kind edited collection 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. The book 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.
Family Violence from an Indian Perspective
Family Violence from an Indian Perspective
Family violence is a global phenomenon that occurs in all countries and across all cultures, religions, classes, and ethnic groups. Family violence as understood by Indian researchers, family practitioners, and activists is any form of mental, emotional, or physical (including sexual) cruelty toward weaker or dependent members of the family such as children—especially girls—adult women, and elderly to achieve the desired conformity of behavior from victims. It is not an occasional, rare incident but is a systemic and structural manifestation of social control. Violence within the home is also commonly referred to as domestic violence.
In India, as in every other country, domestic violence against women and girls exists within a complex web ...
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