Making an Impact: Children and Domestic Violence

Rating:
Summary: Good Effort
Review: I had no idea what this book was, except for the title since there was not even the publisher's comments, but this was a topic I very much wanted - and needed - information about. Once I received it, I discovered that it is a "Reader" - which, in actuality, reads like a Ph.D. dissertation, involving a great deal of research and many many documented sources about the affect on children of domestic violence, particularly in the UK. Because of all the referrals to other documents, this is not the easiest reading, but it did enlighten me a great deal and appeared objective because of its involving so many sources. I am very anxious to try to read some of the books and articles referred to in the bibliography - if I can get them. The topics include, not only the affect on children, but also the way children are generally handled in this context, the laws relating to the children (in England), and the efforts toward treating the men. I did become much better educated after reading this book. The only reason it is not 5 stars to me is that it doesn't read as most books - but as a research paper - which is what it really is. That made it more tedious to me.

Rating:
Summary: Good Effort
Review: I had no idea what this book was, except for the title since there was not even the publisher's comments, but this was a topic I very much wanted - and needed - information about. Once I received it, I discovered that it is a "Reader" - which, in actuality, reads like a Ph.D. dissertation, involving a great deal of research and many many documented sources about the affect on children of domestic violence, particularly in the UK. Because of all the referrals to other documents, this is not the easiest reading, but it did enlighten me a great deal and appeared objective because of its involving so many sources. I am very anxious to try to read some of the books and articles referred to in the bibliography - if I can get them. The topics include, not only the affect on children, but also the way children are generally handled in this context, the laws relating to the children (in England), and the efforts toward treating the men. I did become much better educated after reading this book. The only reason it is not 5 stars to me is that it doesn't read as most books - but as a research paper - which is what it really is. That made it more tedious to me.