A Restorative Approach to Family Violence: Feminist Kin-Making - Paperback

by Joan Pennell (Author)

A Restorative Approach to Family Violence looks backs at an early and successful demonstration of a family-and-culturally-based model to stop severe family violence.

Author Biography

Joan Pennell is Professor Emerita of Social Work and founding director of the Center for Family and Community Engagement at North Carolina State University. Before her return to the United States, she was principal investigator (with Dr. Gale Burford) of the Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, demonstration of family group decision making in situations of child maltreatment and domestic violence. In the US, she has conducted research on family group conferencing and other forms of engaging families in decision-making. She has a long-term commitment to the movements for gender, racial, and economic justice.