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<li>In the United States, a woman is physically abused by her intimate partner every nine seconds.</li> <li>One-third of women in the global community have experienced sexual, physical, or emotional abuse by an intimate partner.</li> <li>On average, more than three women a day are murdered by an intimate partner.</li> </ul>
The statistics are staggering. Intimate partner violence, also called domestic violence, is a complex problem that has devastating effects on every socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic group. In this groundbreaking resource, Tricia B. Bent-Goodley explores the cultural, historical, psychological, social, familial, and legal issues surrounding intimate partner violence. Listed at the end of each chapter are additional resources that readers can use to further their understanding, self-exploration, and knowledge.

The Ultimate Betrayal: A Renewed Look at Intimate Partner Violence

Politics & Social Sciences

Tricia B. Bent-Goodley

Social Sciences

NASW Press

By Grace: The Challenges, Strengths, and Promise of African American Marriages examines contemporary and historical issues that have affected black marriages, relationships, and families. The chapters explore major topics as they relate to African American marriages, including economics, caregiving across the lifespan, mental illness, health, gender roles and relationships, and social policy. By Grace highlights the strengths and resilience of African American relationships. The book is written for diverse professional and community audiences. It can be used by couples to explore some of the challenges they experience in their marriages to support healthy relationship building. The book also serves as a resource and provides practical approaches for practitioners.

By Grace: The Challenges, Strengths, and Promise of African American Marriages

"Innovators. Pioneers. Change agents. Social entrepreneurs challenge the assumption that social good and entrepreneurialism are incompatible. Building on social workers long history of innovation promoting social justice and change for the common good, this informative book explores the trends, organizational practices, and broad system-level advances that drive contemporary social work. Social Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Social Value Creation presents innovative, adaptable, and scalable strategies to complex social and human problems. Sharing their deep knowledge and personal experiences, the authors provide concepts, principles, skills, and practical examples of entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial social work across the globe. Using real-world scenarios throughout, the authors demonstrate how social innovation, entrepreneurship, and value chain approaches can shift from a business-only model to the core of social work practice. In every chapter, they show how social entrepreneurship can be applied to a specific area of practice, deeply connecting the related social work values and ethics to each enterprise. Written for both existing and budding social entrepreneurs, this bold work demonstrates how to implement the innovative mezzo and macro practices that promote positive change."

Social Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Social Value Creation: Relevance for Contemporary Social Work Practice

Monica Nandan

Gokul Mandayam

Interpersonal Violence

Washington, DC : NASW Press

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