Violence Against Women

This IPV book will approach the topic through a scientific-forensic lens, using the CDC¿s definitions and characteristics of intimate partner violence to discuss and differentiate battering, common couple violence and other forms of intimate partner maltreatment. The book will present an unbiased, forensic and diagnostic, and provides medical and other professionals with the information necessary to determine whether intimate partner violence should be considered as a part of the differential diagnoses in a given case. It will address the behavioral, medical, and other clues that present and contribute to a determination of intimate partner violence, and distinguish between the many forms of IPV.