Understanding Mass Violence: A Social Work Perspective
Language: English
Published by Pearson Education (US), 2004
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Intended to prepare future social workers to intervene with people affected by violence, this textbook examines the phenomenon of mass violence by situating it in the broader context of social policy and social justice. The book focuses its coverage on the issues surrounding trauma, its impact of sp.
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- Title
- Understanding Mass Violence: A Social Work Perspective
- Author
- Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US)
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0205375235
- ISBN 13
- 9780205375233
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Understanding Mass Violence prepares social workers to intervene with people affected by human-caused violence, such as school shootings or terrorist acts.
The difficult challenges facing social work practitioners are discussed and suggestions for self-care are provided. Mass violence is also examined within the broader context of social policy and social justice.
The book is organized into 5 sections and includes 13 chapters, providing the content for a course on social work and mass violence or trauma. |
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Understanding Mass Violence: A Social Work Perspective, First Edition
Edited by Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner New York University
and Norma Kolko Phillips Lehman College, City University of New York
- Understanding Mass Violence prepares social workers to intervene with people affected by human-caused violence, such as school shootings or terrorist acts.
- Examines mass violence within the broader context of social policy and social justice, and addresses real-life issues of trauma, including its impact and specific interventions.
- Discusses understanding and helping traumatized individuals and families, children, and the elderly; schools, workplaces, and communities that experience mass violence.
- Coverage of retraumatization; the role of religion and spirituality in healing; and secondary trauma that may be experienced by helping professionals.
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