A Professional’s Guide to Understanding Gay and Lesbian Domestic Violence: Understanding Practice Interventions

Assuming a wide range of previous knowledge about same-gender partner abuse, the contributing clinicians, community organizers, and advocates address a broad range of issues from a basic understanding of prevalence and dynamics to specific intervention strategies. Among the topics are contributing issues to violence among gay male couples, couples therapy for couples with a history of domestic violence, African-American lesbians, developing a successful community outreach program, and future directions for practice interventions. The insights are intended to benefit professionals in medicine, social services, justice, counselling, and other fields. The text is double spaced. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)