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• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1. The Battering Problem
• Defining Batterers
• Characteristics of Batterers
• Misconceptions About Batterers
• Summary
• 2. Power Parenting: The Batterer’s Style With Children
• Typical Characteristics of Batterers as Parents
• Effects on Children of Exposure to Domestic Violence
• Child Abuse
• The Batterer as Role Model
• Children’s Outlook on the Batterer
• Summary
• 3. Shock Waves: The Batterer’s Impact on the Home
• Undermining of the Mother’s Authority
• Effects on Mother–Child Relationships
• Use of Children as Weapons Against the Mother
• The Batterer’s Impact on Other Aspects of Family Functioning
• Resilience in Mother–Child and in Sibling Relationships
• Summary
• 4. The Batterer as Incest Perpetrator
• Review of Studies
• The Predatory Child Molester Versus the Incest Perpetrator
• Shared Tactics of Batterers and Incest Perpetrators
• Shared Attitudes of Batterers and Incest Perpetrators
• Implications of the Overlap for Professional Response
• Sexual Abuse Allegations in Custody and Visitation Disputes
• Summary
• 5. Impeding Recovery: The Batterer as Parent Postseparation
• Creating a Context for Children’s Healing
• Batterers’ Postseparation Conduct With Children
• Batterers’ Motivations for Seeking Custody or Increased Visitation
• Batterers’ Advantages in Custody Disputes
• Batterers’ Tactics in Custody and Visitation Disputes
• Effects on Children of Custody Litigation
• Summary
• 6. The Mismeasure of Batterers as Parents: A Critique of Prevailing Theories of Assessment
• Influential Theories of Divorce
• The Use of a Domestic Violence Typology to Assess Risk to Children
• The Overlooked Implications of Johnston, Campbell, and Roseby’s Own Observations
• Summary
• 7. Supporting Recovery: Assessing Risk to Children From Batterers and Structuring Visitation
• Sources of Risk to Children From Unsupervised Contact With Batterers
• A Guide to Assessing Risk to Children From Batterers
• Structuring Custody and Visitation
• Summary
• 8. Is It Real? Assessing and Fostering Change in Batterers as Parents
• Steps to Change in Batterers
• Misconceptions Regarding Change in Batterers
• Evaluating Change in Batterers as Parents
• Creating a Context for Change
• Summary
• 9. Improving Community Responses to the Parenting of Batterers
• Child Advocates, Child and Family Therapists, and Programs for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
• Custody Evaluators
• Family Courts
• Child Protection Systems and Courts With Protective Jurisdiction
• Parent Trainers
• Psychological Evaluators
• Batterer Programs and Fatherhood Programs
• Battered Women’s Programs
• Supervised Visitation Centers
• Family Lawyers and Bar Associations
• Police Departments
• Researchers
• Summary
• References
• Index
• About the Authors