Violence and abuse in the lives of people with disabilities : the end of silent acceptance?
Title:
Violence and abuse in the lives of people with disabilities : the end of silent acceptance?
JLCTITLE245:
by Dick Sobsey.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Baltimore : P.H. Brooks Pub. Co., ©1994.
Physical Description:
xxii, 444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781557661487
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-422) and index.
Additional Physical Form Available:
Also issued online.
Contents:
Foreword: A Personal Story / Mavis May and Ruth Gerzon -- Foreword: Acknowledging Abuse Out Loud / Ann Craft. 1. Perspectives on the Issue of Abuse -- I. Understanding Abuse. 2. Abuse, Violence, Neglect, and Disability. 3. Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault. 4. Institutional Abuse. 5. For Their Own Good ... Caregiving or Abuse? 6. An Integrated Ecological Model of Abuse -- II. Preventing Abuse. 7. Empowering Individuals To Resist Abuse. 8. Families and Other Caregivers: Support and Selection. 9. Building Safer Environments. 10. Law and Law Enforcement. 11. Changing Attitudes that Disinhibit Violence. 12. Healing the Consequences of Abuse / Sheila Mansell and Dick Sobsey. 13. Prevention and intervention Teams.