The Heart of Intimate Abuse: New Interventions in Child Welfare, Criminal Justice, and Health Settings (Springer Series on Family Violence)

296 Pages·1998·15.42 MB·English

by  Linda G. Mills PhD LCSW JD

Springer Series
on Family Violence
Albert R. Roberts, PhD, Series Editor
1998 Battered Women and Their Families
Intervention Strategies and Treatment Programs, second edition
Albert R. Roberts, PhD, editor
1998 Preventing Teenage Violence
An Empirical Paradigm for Schools and Families
John S. Wodarski, PhD, and
Lois A. Wodarski, PhD
1998 The Heart of Intimate Abuse
New Interventions in Child Welfare, Criminal Justice, and
Health Settings
Linda G. Mills, PhD, LCSW, JD
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS
We are currently searching for authors of future volumes in the Family
Violence Series. All topics related to family violence at different stages
of the lifespan will be considered. However, I am particularly interested
in the following topical areas:
1. Domestic Violence Stalking: Policies, Programs, and Research;
2. Date Abuse at High Schools and Colleges: Policies, Programs,
and Research;
3. Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Youth and Adult Violence;
4. Child Abuse Fatalities: Research, Policies, and Prevention
Strategies.
Please send your family violence book proposal, a copy of your vita, a
writing sample (e.g., your best peer-reviewed journal article), and a
sample book chapter to:
Albert R. Roberts., Ph.D., Series Editor
Professor of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Administration of Justice Department
Rutgers University, Lucy Stone Hall B-261
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Piscataway, N.J. 08854-8045
[phone]
Linda G. Mills, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., J.D,
is an attorney and an associate pro-
fessor of social welfare and law at
UCLA's School of Public Policy and
Social Research. She is an expert in
domestic violence and disability pol-
icy. She has written extensively on
domestic violence, and her articles
appear in journals such as Social
Work, Cornell Law Review, and Crimi-
nal Justice and Behavior.
Dr. Mills is the recipient of several
grants related to her work in domestic violence. Most recently,
she received a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
grant to train Los Angeles County's child welfare workers on how
to intervene in cases involving partner violence. Her research in
this area explores the effectiveness of her intervention model in
child welfare.
Dr. Mills is also the author of A Penchant for Prejudice: Unraveling
Bias in Judicial Decision-making, which examines the hearing and
decision-making practices of Social Security disability judges and
proposes a new definition of judicial impartiality.
Photo by Wesley Wong.
THE HEART OF
INTIMATE ABUSE
New Interventions in Child Welfare,
Criminal Justice, and Health Settings
Linda G. Mills, PhD, LCSW, JD
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mills, Linda G.
The heart of intimate abuse : new interventions in child wel-
fare, criminal justice, and health settings· / by Linda G. Mills.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8261-1216-1
1. Victims of family violence—Services for—United States.
I. Title
HV6626.2.M56 1998
362.82'928'0973—dc21 98-25575
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Printed in the United States of America
For Ronnie
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Contents
List of Boxes and Figures ix
Foreword, by Albert Roberts, Ph.D. xi
Preface xiii
Part I: The Heart of Intimate Abuse
Introduction 3
1 Intersections and Tensions in Domestic
Violence and Child Welfare Practice 9
2 The Heart of Intimate Abuse and the Dynamics
of Domestic Violence 21
Part II: Systems' Responses to Domestic Violence
3 The Criminal Justice System's Response
to Domestic Violence 41
4 The Public Child Welfare System's Response
to Domestic Violence 59
5 The Health Care System's Response
to Domestic Violence 81
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viii CONTENTS
Part III: Empowerment Strategies and Affective Advocacy
6 Engaging the Battered Mother: Empowerment
Strategies and Affective Advocacy 103
7 Systems Strategies for Working with Battered
Mothers and Their Children 120
8 Empowerment and Affective Strategies I:
Meetings in Criminal Justice 147
9 Empowerment and Affective Strategies II:
Meetings in Public Child Welfare 166
10 Empowerment and Affective Strategies III:
Meetings in Health Care 190
Part IV: Future Interventions
11 An Empowerment Model for Battered Women and
Their Children 213
Appendixes 223
I CPS Risk Assessment in California 225
II A Personal Safety Plan 227
III Sample Affirmitive Action Plans for CSWs 234
References 241
Indexes
Author Index 261
Subject Index 267
List of Boxes and Figures
Boxes
Box 1.1 Definitions of Intimate Abuse 10
Box 1.2 Child Welfare and the Impact
of Domestic Violence 13
Box 1.3 How are Children Hurt in the Presence
of Domestic Violence 16
Box 2.1 Reasons Why Battered Women Stay
in Abusive Relationships 22
Box 3.1 Mandatory Arrest Policies 44
Box 3.2 Pro or Presumptive Arrest Policies 45
Box 3.3 Mandatory Prosecution Policies 46
Box 3.4 Orders of Protection or Restraining Orders 48
Box 4.1 Circumstances That Give Rise to Failure
to Protect Cases Against Battered Women 63
Box 4.2 CPS Risk Assessment in California:
Is Domestic Violence Included? 69
Box 4.3 Evaluating Treatment Options
for Battered Women 75
Box 5.1 Mandatory Reporting Laws 86
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