The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact

Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective sometimes applied to viewing the emotional and developmental risks to battered children, The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics, Second Edition offers a view that takes into account the complex ways in which a batterer'¬"s abusive and controlling behaviors are woven into the fabric of daily life. This book is a guide for therapists, child protective workers, family and juvenile court personnel, and other human service providers in addressing the complex impact that batterers-specifically, male batterers of a domestic partner when there are children in the household-have on family functioning. In addition to providing an understanding of batterers as parents and family members, the book also supplies clearly delineated approaches to such practice issues as assessing risk to children (including perpetrating incest), parenting issues in child custody and visitation evaluation, and impact on children's therapeutic process and family functioning in child protective practice.

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
The Battering Problem	p. 1
Defining Batterers	p. 4
Characteristics of Batterers	p. 6
Misconceptions About Batterers	p. 22
Summary	p. 32
Power Parenting: The Batterer's Style With Children	p. 33
Typical Characteristics of Batterers as Parents	p. 33
Effects on Children of Exposure to Domestic Violence	p. 42
Child Abuse	p. 54
The Batterer as Role Model	p. 60
Children's Outlook on the Batterer	p. 66
Summary	p. 67
Shock Waves: The Batterer's Impact on the Home	p. 69
Undermining of the Mother's Authority	p. 72
Effects on Mother-Child Relationships	p. 80
Use of Children as Weapons Against the Mother	p. 92
The Batterer's Impact on Other Aspects of Family Functioning	p. 98
Resilience in Mother-Child and in Sibling Relationships	p. 103
Summary	p. 105
The Batterer as Incest Perpetrator	p. 107
Lundy Bancroft and Margaret Miller Review of Studies	p. 107
The Predatory Child Molester Versus the Incest Perpetrator	p. 110
Shared Tactics of Batterers and Incest Perpetrators	p. 112
Shared Attitudes of Batterers and Incest Perpetrators	p. 115
Implications of the Overlap for Professional Response	p. 118
Sexual Abuse Allegations in Custody and Visitation Disputes	p. 119
Summary	p. 122
Impeding Recovery: The Batterer as Parent Postseparation	p. 123
Creating a Context for Children's Healing	p. 128
Batterers' Postseparation Conduct With Children	p. 131
Batterers' Motivations for Seeking Custody or Increased Visitation	p. 140
Batterers' Advantages in Custody Disputes	p. 142
Batterers' Tactics in Custody and Visitation Disputes	p. 154
Effects on Children of Custody Litigation	p. 161
Summary	p. 161
The Mismeasure of Batterers as Parents: A Critique of Prevailing Theories of Assessment	p. 163
Influential Theories of Divorce	p. 164
The Use of a Domestic Violence Typology to Assess Risk to Children	p. 177
The Overlooked Implications of Johnston, Campbell, and Roseby's Own Observations	p. 185
Summary	p. 187
Supporting Recovery: Assessing Risk to Children From Batterers and Structuring Visitation	p. 189
Sources of Risk to Children From Unsupervised Contact With Batterers	p. 192
A Guide to Assessing Risk to Children From Batterers	p. 198
Structuring Custody and Visitation	p. 214
Summary	p. 221
Is It Real? Assessing and Fostering Change in Batterers as Parents	p. 223
Steps to Change in Batterers	p. 225
Misconceptions Regarding Change in Batterers	p. 228
Evaluating Change in Batterers as Parents	p. 229
Creating a Context for Change	p. 231
Summary	p. 233
Improving Community Responses to the Parenting of Batterers	p. 235
Child Advocates, Child and Family Therapists, and Programs for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence	p. 239
Custody Evaluators	p. 250
Family Courts	p. 255
Child Protection Systems and Courts With Protective Jurisdiction	p. 261
Parent Trainers	p. 265
Psychological Evaluators	p. 267
Batterer Programs and Fatherhood Programs	p. 268
Battered Women's Programs	p. 270
Supervised Visitation Centers	p. 271
Family Lawyers and Bar Associations	p. 272
Police Departments	p. 273
Researchers	p. 273
Summary	p. 276
References	p. 277
Index	p. 309
About the Authors	p. 325
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