Strategies for Confronting Domestic Violence - A Resource Manual (UN, 1993, 130 p.): (introduction...)

Strategies for Confronting Domestic Violence - A Resource Manual (UN, 1993, 130 p.)

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		Preface
		Introduction
		I. Understanding the problem
		II. Using the law to respond to domestic violence
		III. Improving the criminal justice system
		IV. Working together
		V. Responding to victims
		VI. Working with perpetrators
		VII. Training practitioners
		VIII. Preventing domestic violence
		IX. Gathering and sharing information
		Notes
		Back Cover

(introduction...)

The cover illustration is the work of a German artist, Tonie Meilhamer, who lives in Munich.

United Nations Office at Vienna
Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs

UNITED NATIONS
New York, 1993

This Manual is based upon a draft prepared by the Canadian Department of Justice in cooperation with the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch of the Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs and with the Helsinki Institute for Crime Prevention and Control affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI) and with support from the Canadian Department of Health and Welfare. The draft was reviewed at an expert group meeting hosted by the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy. Publication of the Manual was generously funded by HEUNI.

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