Working with Violent Male Carers (Fathers and Stepfathers)

Gender and Child Welfare in Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 195-222

  Rivett, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'violence' and 'abuse', subtle differences in context of experience of children; Assessment of violent male carers; Child welfare practice riven with dichotomy in gender practice with violent carers fathers; Emphasis on 'violent' category within 'violent male carers'; First dichotomy 'carer father' or 'violent individual'; Hegemonic intervention for violent male carers; Levels of father involvement father child interactions and impact of fathers on child development; Relevance of work with violent male carers in contemporary climate of child welfare; Second dichotomy violence and men, men's gender influencing their violence; Working with violent male carers (fathers and stepfathers)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952653708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470684771.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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