Battered Women: The Transformation of a Social Problem.

Davis, Liane V.

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ERIC Number: EJ360438

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Battered Women: The Transformation of a Social Problem.

Davis, Liane V.

Social Work, v32 n4 p306-11 Jul-Aug 1987

Traces changes in social workers' perspectives on the problem of wife abuse. Divides the changes into three time periods: discovering the problem (1976-79); consolidating the perspectives (1980-82); and transforming the problem of wife abuse (1983-84). Concludes increased focus on individual and couple treatment has deflected attention away from the problem's social origin. (Author/ABL)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Battered Women, Counseling Theories, Counselor Attitudes, Family Problems, Family Violence, Social Work, Social Workers, Sociocultural Patterns, Spouses

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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