Parenting by men who batter : new directions for assessment and intervention /

What is the best way to work with fathers who have a history of abusive behavior? This question is among the thorniest that social service and criminal justice professionals must deal with in their careers, and in this essential new work Jeffrey L. Edleson, Oliver J. Williams, and a group of international colleagues examine the host of equally difficult issues that surround it. Beginning with the voices of mothers and fathers who speak about men's contact with and parenting of their children, the authors then examine court and mental health services perspectives on how much involvement violent men should have in their children's lives. The second half of the book showcases programs such as the Boston-based Fathering After Violence initiative and the Caring Dads program in Canada, which introduce non-abusive parenting concepts and skills to batterers and have developed useful guidelines for intervention with these fathers. Visionary but also practical, Parenting by Men Who Batter distills the most relevant policy issues, research findings, and practice considerations for those who coordinate batterer programs or work with families, the courts, and the child welfare system. It guides professionals in understanding men who batter, assessing their parenting skills, making decisions about custody and visitation, and modeling treatment programs that engage fathers in their children's lives while maximizing safety.Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : involving men who batter in their children's lives / Jeffrey L. Edleson and Oliver J. Williams -- Shared parenting after abuse : battered mothers' perspectives on parenting after dissolution of a relationship / Carolyn Y. Tubbs and Oliver J. Williams -- Assessing the best interests of the child : visitation and custody in cases of domestic violence / Peter G. Jaffe and Claire V. Crooks -- Deciding on fathers' involvement in their children's treatment after domestic violence / Betsy McAlister Groves, Patricia Van Horn, and Alicia F. Lieberman -- A conceptual framework for fathering intervening with men who batter / Einat Peled and Guy Perel -- Guidelines for intervention with abusive fathers / Katreena L. Scott ... [et al.] -- Working with fathers in batterer intervention programs : lessons from the Fathering after Violence project / Juan Carlos Areán and Lonna Davis -- Latino fathers in recovery / Ricardo Carrillo and Jerry Tello -- Evaluating parenting programs for men who batter : current considerations and controversies / Cris M. Sullivan.What is the best way to work with fathers who have a history of abusive behavior? This question is among the thorniest that social service and criminal justice professionals must deal with in their careers, and in this essential new work Jeffrey L. Edleson, Oliver J. Williams, and a group of international colleagues examine the host of equally difficult issues that surround it. Beginning with the voices of mothers and fathers who speak about men's contact with and parenting of their children, the authors then examine court and mental health services perspectives on how much involvement violent men should have in their children's lives. The second half of the book showcases programs such as the Boston-based Fathering After Violence initiative and the Caring Dads program in Canada, which introduce non-abusive parenting concepts and skills to batterers and have developed useful guidelines for intervention with these fathers. Visionary but also practical, Parenting by Men Who Batter distills the most relevant policy issues, research findings, and practice considerations for those who coordinate batterer programs or work with families, the courts, and the child welfare system. It guides professionals in understanding men who batter, assessing their parenting skills, making decisions about custody and visitation, and modeling treatment programs that engage fathers in their children's lives while maximizing safety