Short description:

This handbook provides a timely synthesis of the international literature that investigates men?s experiences of intimate partner violence and help seeking behavior, and considers what the findings mean for research, practice, and policy.

Long description:

This handbook provides a timely synthesis of the international literature that investigates men?s experiences of intimate partner violence and help seeking behavior, and considers what the findings mean for research, practice, and policy.

Providing the reader with a synthesis of cutting-edge knowledge, this book draws together a wealth of information from leading international researchers and practitioners working in the field of men?s victimization in intimate relationships. By including chapters that address a diverse range of men?s experiences and needs, it offers an accessible format for the reader to learn about the experiences of underrepresented groups of men across the world and how this knowledge can shape practice, policy, and future research.

The Routledge Handbook of Men?s Victimisation in Intimate Relationships will be of great use to postgraduate students (including training psychologists, psychiatrists, medics, barristers/attorneys, social workers, probation officers, doctors, and nurses); academics, researchers, and professionals working in areas of family violence law, practice, policy and service provision.

Table of Contents:

00.Foreword.  0.Preface.  PART 1.CONTEXT.   1.The evolution of research into intimate partner violence and the impact on men.   2.The rates of intimate partner violence on men.   3.Bidirectional violence: When intimate partner violence doesn?t fit the gender-constrained, criminal justice victim/perpetrator paradigm.  4.Applying ambivalent sexism theory to intimate partner violence by linking gender, power, and sexism.  5.Engaging men in research on partner violence victimisation: A sensitive topic and a hard-to-reach population. PART 2.ABUSE AND HELP SEEKING EXPERIENCES AMONG HETEROSEXUAL MEN IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT.  6.The abuse experiences of heterosexual men in intimate relationships: A review of international research findings, Part 1: Western, English-speaking countries.  7.The abuse experiences of heterosexual men in intimate relationships: A review of international research findings, Part 2: Non-English-speaking European, Asian, African, Latin American, and Caribbean Nations.  8.The disclosure and help-seeking experiences of men in intimate relationships: A review of international research findings.  9.Men?s intimate partner violence experiences in the Australian context.  10.Men?s victimization from women partners and their help seeking: An example from Uganda.  11.Embracing a stigma-free society for Chinese male survivors of intimate partner violence: A perspective informed by hegemonic masculinity theory.  12.?It?s deemed unmanly?: The undiscussed tragedy of men as victims of intimate partner violence in Trinidad and Tobago.  13.Fathers? experiences of intimate partner violence post-separation.  PART 3.VICTIMIZATION AND HELP SEEKING AMONG MINORITY GROUPS OF MEN.  14.Intimate partner violence and help-seeking among sexual and gender minority men: A review of international research findings.  15.Intimate partner violence among sexual minority men: The role of sexuality-related stigma and discrimination.  16.The abuse and help-seeking experiences of trans men who are victimized in intimate relationships.  17.Older men?s experiences of intimate partner violence and abuse.  PART 4.IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY, PRACTICE, AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS.  18.The need for research-informed policy and practice: Lessons from the United States.  19.Promoting the early identification of men?s victimization: A healthcare perspective.  20.How male victims experience the criminal justice system and implications for practice and policy.  21.Treating men who have experienced intimate partner violence and abuse by women.  22.Systems-informed group interventions: Treating court mandated men involved in relationships characterized by bi-directional aggression.  23.Transgender survivors in a ?violence against women? world.