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Safety Planning with Battered Women

Complex Lives/Difficult Choices
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This book draws attention to the complexity of helping battered women and their children. The authors in troduce a new model of women-defined advocacy that emphasize s several topics, including understanding a battered woman''s perspective. '
Eleanor Lyon, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Residence and the Director of the Institute for Violence Prevention and Reduction. Eleanor teaches courses in research methods and violence against women. Eleanor's areas of specialization include evaluation methods, ethnographic methods, violence against women, family issues and women's issues
Introduction PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING BATTERED WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVES Creating the Image of Battered Women Batterer-Generated Risks Life-Generated Risks Battered Women's Decision-Making and Safety Plans PART TWO: BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH BATTERED WOMEN Risk Analysis Safety Planning with Battered Women PART THREE: SYSTEMS ADVOCACY Toward a Woman-Defined Advocacy Environment Women-Defined Policy Advocacy Conclusion
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