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Rural Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Model For Rural Practice, Britt E. Rhodes
Rural Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Model For Rural Practice, Britt E. Rhodes
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal
Social workers have a long history of modeling the person in environment perspective in rural communities. One issue that is addressed from multiple system levels by social workers in rural areas is domestic violence. The Coordinated Community Response model, developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project in Duluth, MN, focuses on victim safety and offender accountability from a multidimensional interdisciplinary systems perspective and is consistent with social work practice in rural areas. The model’s focus on interdisciplinary partnerships makes this a solid model for rural social work practice addressing a range of issues while embracing the person in environment perspective.