Violent Fathering and the Risks to Children: The Need for Change

by Lynne Harne and Harne

Book Overview

Current family policy approaches emphasise the significance of paternal involvement in children's lives, yet there has been a silence on violent and abusive fathering in these discourses. This is the first UK book to specifically focus on violent fathering discussing original research in the context of domestic violence and emerging practice literature to address this problem.The book examines fathers' perceptions of their domestic violence and its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184742211X
• ISBN13: 9781847422118
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"