Reviews : Making an Impact: Children and Domestic Violence - A Reader Marianne Hester, Chris Pearson and Nicola Harwin Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000; pp194; £15.95, pbk
| DOI | 10.1177/026455050004700224 |
| Author | Caroline Bald |
| Published date | 01 June 2000 |
| Date | 01 June 2000 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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groupwork
process,
so
the
chapter
headings
begin
with
’planning’
and
end
with
’endings’.
Along
the
way
they
cover
such
key
issues
as
the
first
session,
interactional
techniques,
individual
behaviours
within
groups,
leadership,
co-working,
recording
and
evaluating.
Discussion
of
power
and
oppression
is
to
the
fore
throughout.
In
my
teaching
I
found
the
planning
exercise
(pp.72-74)
and
the
exercise
on
opening
statements
(pp.113-116)
particularly
useful.
Unquestionably
the
book
does
what
it
sets
out
to
do.
My
problem
is
not
with
its
integrity
in
this
sense,
but
more
with
the
very
idea
that
there
can
be
a
’generic
model
of
groupwork
practice’ -
the
idea
the
book
is
based
upon.
I
worry
that
there
is
so
little
in
common
between
the
classroom
atmosphere
of
a
cognitive
programme
and
the
emotional
intensity
of
an
encounter
group
that
we
cannot
rightly
lump
them
together
as
’groupwork’
at
all.
Do
the
examples
Doel and
Sawdon
mention
on
page
13
of
’streetwork
with
Hong
Kong
gangs’
and
’art
therapy
with
abused
children’
really
warrant
analysis
within
the
covers
of
one
book?
Whilst
I
do
not
expect
the
authors
to
agree
with
me
about
this,
they
could
have
made
the
diversity
of
groups
more
explicit.
I
think
any
book
on
this
topic
needs
to
devote
considerable
space
to
the
political
and
theoretical
differences
between
groupwork
programmes.
On
page
30,
the
authors
mention
Payne’s
summary
of
theories
for
practice
as
falling
into
three
broad
camps:
individualist-reformist,
reflexive-therapeutic
and
socialist-
collectivist.
A
section
of
the
book
analysing
groupwork
practice
according
to
these
very
different
approaches
is
the
kind
of
thing
I
would
have
liked
to
read
about.
However,
if
you
accept
the
idea
of
a
generic
model
of
groupwork
and
want
to
read
about
it,
then
this
is
the
book
for
you.
Jonathan
Scourfield
Lecturer
in
Social
Sciences,
Cardiff
School
of Social
Sciences,
Cardiff
University
Making
an
Impact:
Children
and
Domestic
Violence -
A
Reader
Marianne
Hester,
Chris
Pearson
and
Nicola
Harwin
Jessica
Kingsley
Publishers,
2000;
pp194;
£15.95,
pbk
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research
in
recent
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considering
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links
between
domestic
violence
and
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abuse
of
children.
Much
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