Domestic Violence special on PBS

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Just a head's up about an upcoming PBS special in March that people might find interesting. 

Domestic Violence
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, the latest film by renowned documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, airs on PBS Tuesday-Wednesday, March 18-19, 2003 (check local listings). Filmed in Tampa, Florida, the two-part film reveals the world of domestic violence from multiple vantage points.

The first evening (3/18) follows the police as they respond to calls from couples, sometimes in the middle of an argument that threatens to escalate, sometimes from women who are already bruised and bloody, and also from parents concerned about what might happen. In addition, Wiseman was granted access to The Spring, Florida's largest shelter for victims. The film documents therapy sessions, harrowing stories of abuse, the day-to-day life within the shelter and the heartbreaking experiences of children who witness abuse.

The second part of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (3/19), which shows another aspect of the way the state deals with domestic violence, takes place in the arraignment, misdemeanor and injunction courts showing the legal system that seeks to remedy this societal malady. In the courtroom setting the dramatic, antagonist and often-irreconcilable points of view of the men and women are shown.

Shot in Wiseman's trademark style of no narration, the compelling stories of domestic violence unfold and offer a unique insight into a tragic cycle that transcends boundaries of class, race, income level and age; affecting one in three U.S. women.

"Mr. Wiseman's relaxed detachment is integral to the way the stories unfold in DOMESTIC VIOLENCE," wrote Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times. "10 minutes into the film you'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away."




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Emilie

The Department of Health has costed services in this respect within England
(if an international comparison is in any way useful). Check out:

http://www.doh.gov.uk/paf/

There is also a very detailed and extremely useful publication form the
Personal Social Services Research Unit on how to go about estimating unit
costs for children's services, which was produced on behalf of the
Department of Health but is useable in most contexts:

Beecham, J (2000) 'Unit Costs - Not Exactly Child's Play: A guide to
estimating unit costs for children's social care' Canterbury, PSSRU

John Devaney
Research Fellow
School of Social Work
Queen's University
7 Lennoxvale
Belfast
BT9 5BY
Northern Ireland

Tel: +028 9033 5637
Fax: +028 9066 5465

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