Battered Women: The Transformation of a Social Problem

1 July 1987

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Work

Vol. 32 (4) , 306-311
https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/32.4.306

Abstract

In 1976, social workers discovered that wife abuse was a major social problem affecting a large, diverse group of women. This article traces changes in social workers' perspectives on the problem. The author concludes that the increased focus on individual and couple treatment has deflected attention away from the social origin of the problem.

Keywords

DIVERSE
WIFE ABUSE
INCREASED FOCUS
TREATMENT
SOCIAL PROBLEM
WORKERS DISCOVERED
SOCIAL ORIGIN
MAJOR SOCIAL
DEFLECTED ATTENTION
PROBLEM AFFECTING

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