TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - "It's an ethical, moral and professional dilemma I think": domestic violence workers' understandings of women's use of violence in relationships
JO  - Affilia
A1  - Mottram, Bridget
A1  - Salter, Michael
SP  - 192
EP  - 206
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - This article investigates the experience and construction of women's use of violence in relationships by domestic violence workers in Sydney, Australia. Most workers contextualized women's violence within a critique of the structural powerlessness faced by women in violent relationships. However, the issue of violent women's agency remains an unresolved dilemma for workers. This article recommends the use of a psychosocial approach to understand the social, biographical, and psychodynamic dimensions of women's violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-1099
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109915574580
ID  - ref1
ER  -