The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics

Written primarily for professionals, its accessible style makes it engaging and useful for abused mothers and students in social work and counseling programs. The reader is taken inside the homes affected by domestic violence and shown how partner abuse affects each relationship in a family. The authors cover the important but often-overlooked area of the post-separation parenting behaviors of men who batter and guide evaluating change in the parenting of men who batter.