Domestic Violence Education Series

Synopsis: Gives an overview of the work of statutory agencies and other professionals who are working at the forefront of domestic violence. Focusing on the work of South Yorkshire Police, it gives an idea of the scale of the problem and shows how it is being dealt with. There are six separate interviews: a specialist domestic violence police officer explains how the police are developing new approaches to the problem, a solicitor explains the legal aspects, a specialist domestic violence counsellor talks about his work and the dynamics of family relationships, a clinical psychologist who has worked with the perpetrators of violence, a midwife talks about domestic violence and pregnancy, a child protection specialist explains the links between child abuse and domestic abuse, and finally there are two interviews with women who have been abused.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 2004
Subjects: Law; Social welfare
Keywords: domestic violence; police; social work training

Name: Concord Media
Email: sales@concordmedia.org.uk
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Address: Rosehill Centre
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Notes: A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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