Intimate Partner Violence

Abstract

This article presents a developmental vulnerability/resilience and risk/safety framework to educate social work students about intimate partner violence. The framework adopts a multidimensional perspective to understanding development (a) among individuals who are violent toward intimate partners, (b) among those toward whom they are violent, and (c) within family systems; it also covers prevailing socio-environmental contexts. The utility of this framework for Human Behavior in the Social Environment (HBSE) education is discussed.

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Audrey L. Begun

The author acknowledges the effort and guidance of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Social Welfare Writer’s Guild membership in revisions to this manuscript.