Cruel but Not Unusual: Violence in Canadian Families, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents for Cruel but Not Unusual: Violence in Canadian Families, 2nd edition , edited by Ramona Alaggia and Cathy Vine Foreword | The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain Acknowledgements | Ramona Alaggia and Cathy Vine INTRODUCTION AND PERSPECTIVES ON VIOLENCE Introduction | Ramona Alaggia and Cathy Vine 1. Voices of Women from the Margins: Re-examining Violence against Women | Deborah Sinclair 2. Family Violence or Woman Abuse? Putting Gender Back into the Canadian Research Equation | Molly Dragiewicz 3. Is This Violence? Is This Sexual Violence? Recognizing and Defining Violence through Dialogue with French-Speaking Women | Ina Motoi 4. Child Corporal Punishment: Violence, Law, and Rights | Anne McGillivray and Joan E. Durrant 5. Violence, Trauma, and Resilience | Michael Ungar and Bruce D. Perry MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND VIOLENCE 6. Systemic Oppression, Violence, and Healing in Aboriginal Families and Communities | Cyndy Baskin 7. Violence, Protection, and Empowerment in the Lives of Children and Adults with Disabilities | Richard Sobsey and Sonia A. Sobon 8. Dynamics of Partner Abuse in Sexual and Gender Minority Communities | J. Roy Gillis and Shaindl Diamond 9. Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: Issues for Immigrant and Refugee Families | Ramona Alaggia and Sarah Maiter VIOLENCE ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE 10. Children Abused, Neglected, and Living with Violence: An Overview | Cathy Vine, Nico Trocmé, Bruce MacLaurin, and Barbara Fallon 11. Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence: Integrating Policy, Research, and Practice to Address Children's Mental Health | Angélique Jenney and Ramona Alaggia 12. Whose Failure to Protect? Child Welfare Interventions When Men Abuse Mothers | Susan Strega 13. Rendering Children Invisible: The Forces at Play during Separation and Divorce in the Context of Family Violence | Rachel Birnbaum 14. Violence against Women: A Structural Perspective | Colleen Lundy 15. Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Men Who Abuse and Women Abused by Intimate Partners | Leslie M. Tutty 16. Elder Abuse and Neglect in Canada: An Overview | Lynn McDonald, Julie Dergal, and April Collins 17. Older People Are Subjects, Not Objects: Reconsidering Theory and Practice in Situations of Elder Abuse | Joan Harbison, Pam McKinley, and Donna Pettipas Conclusion: Building the Future | Ramona Alaggia and Cathy Vine Contributors Index

About the Author :
Ramona Alaggia is Associate Professor of Social Work and the Factor-Inwentash Chair in Childrenâs Mental Health at the University of Toronto where she teaches social work practice with children and their families. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, her studies examine disclosure processes of child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence survivors, the impact of various forms of justice on survivors of sexual violence, and help-seeking for survivors of intimate partner violence. The results of this research have culminated in Dr. Alaggiaâs most recent publication, Risky Business: An Ecological Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence Disclosure . She currently consults to and evaluates programs delivering services to survivors and their children, and for fathers who expose their children to intimate partner violence. Cathy Vine engages in research, writing and action projects to advance the well-being and rights of children and youth. Recently she worked with Ontarioâs Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth to support young people to hold the first ever Youth Leaving Care Hearings at Queenâs Park, home of the Ontario Legislature. Previously, Cathy oversaw publication of 40 reports on childrenâs issues and worked extensively with children, youth, and adults affected by child abuse and intimate violence, conducting research and developing innovative support and clinical services. She taught part-time at the School of Social Work, Ryerson University, and publications include the recent co-authored report, Resilience: Successful Navigation through Significant Threat (2010), and the co-authored book, Gardens of Shame: The Tragedy of Martin Kruze & the Sexual Abuse at Maple Leaf Gardens (Greystone Press, 2002).