Jaffe, Baker, and Cunningham's 2004) Edited Book ≪emphasis>Protecting Children from Domestic

question 40

Essay

Jaffe, Baker, and Cunningham's 2004) edited book <emphasis>Protecting Children from Domestic Violence: Strategies for Community Intervention</emphasis> represents the views of a number of scholars regarding ways that professionals and policy makers might work together to make families safer for children. What are some of their recommendations?

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Definitions:

Stress

The process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging.

Psychodynamic Theorists

Researchers and thinkers who analyze human behavior through the lens of unconscious processes, emotions, and childhood experiences as originally proposed by Freud.

Unconscious Mental Processes

Mental processes that occur without conscious awareness, influencing perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory describing a child's feelings of desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.