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ISBN 10: 0205375235 ISBN 13: 9780205375233

Casa editrice: Pearson College Div, 2004

Riassunto

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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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pearson College Div
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0205375235
• ISBN 13: 9780205375233
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 209
• Redattore: Straussner Shulamith Lala Ashenberg, Phillips Norma Kolko
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italia