Intimate Partner Violence An Evidence-Based Approach
This book is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of the psychopathology and epidemiology of domestic violence, accompanied by related medical and legal considerations. The introductory sections define domestic violence an
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Intimate Partner Violence
Rahn Kennedy Bailey Editor
Intimate Partner Violence An Evidence-Based Approach
Editor Rahn Kennedy Bailey, MD, DFAPA, ACP Department of Psychiatry Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles, CA USA
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Foreword
Intimate Partner Violence, IPV, also known as Domestic Violence (DV), has been a problem for many centuries, taking its toll on mental, physical, emotional, and social health. Its devastation cuts across race, class, nationality, and geography. For too many years, the issue was a taboo subject that health providers rarely discussed with patients or directly addressed. As a result of social movements across decades, the 1970s brought about greater awareness and the 1994 federal legislation, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) was a United States federal law (Title IV, sec. 40,001-40,703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed as Pub.L. 103–322 by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994 (codified in part at 42 U.S.C. sections 13701 through 14,040). The Act provided $1.6 billion toward investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, imposed automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted, and allowed civil redress in cases prosecutors chose to leave un-prosecuted. The Act also established the Office on Violence Against Women within the Department of Justice. VAWA represented a giant step forward in the efforts to prevent IPV, specifically call
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