WHEN PARADIGMS COLLIDE |
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| Authors: | Clare Dalton |
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| Institution: | Clare Dalton is a full professor at Northeastern University School of Law and executive director of the univerity's Domestic Violence Institute. The institute is an interdisciplinary education, research, and service organization that addresses the impact of domestic violence on the lives of men, women, children, and the professionals who work with them. She is currently coauthoring a teaching text;, Domestic Violence and the Law, which will be published in the year 2000 by Foundation Press. |
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| Abstract: | For the past 25 years, helping professionals have wrestled with the task of adapting their practices to incorporate new information about abuse and responsibilities toward its victims. Despite a growing body of helpful research, increasing training opportunities and extensive legislative reform, significant obstacles still confront adult and child victims of partner violence in the family court system. This article groups those obstacles into three categories: naming the problem, identifying victims of abuse, and prioritizing victim safety. In each problem area, the author suggests that progress depends on increased integration at the level of theory and increased professional collaboration at the level of practice . |
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