The Twenty-First-Century Crisis of Intimate Partner Violence Among African American Male Victims

by Dr. Irma Gibson

Overview

The essence of this nonfiction book pertains to intimate partner violence (domestic violence) with a focus on an unnoticed population, black male victims. The content consists of fourteen awe-inspiring chapters strategically aligned with the task of addressing the twenty-first-century crisis of IPV comprehensively, truthfully, and holistically from a personal, research-based, practice-focused, and policy-based perspective. Real-world truths innovatively address and present a diverse range of topics and solutions, including the stories of IPV survivors and victims, mental and behavioral health caveats, the military aspect, issues of culture, bullying, and the influences of reality television. Most of the contributors are professional social workers as well as professionals in other disciplines, and have all either personally or indirectly experienced this public health problem. They share their expertise and knowledge via stories that are conveyed subjectively, objectively, and most of all, from a research/evidence-based perspective. This is a platform to educate, inform, and inspire victims, advocates, educators, professionals, and the world alike. It is unique and different from all others. It is inspirational, educational, motivational, and based upon social work theory. It is both a classroom textbook and a must-read on a personal level.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160844817
Publisher:	Mountain Arbor Press
Publication date:	10/30/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Dr. Irma J. Gibson is a visiting associate professor of social work at the Florida A&M University and an international professor teaching study-abroad students at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. She is a speaker, a writer, and an advocate in the area of child and family welfare. Thirteen years ago, she entered into academia full time at Savannah State University, after twenty-two years of clinical and administrative practice with the federal government, nationally and internationally. She made history in 1992 as the first and youngest African American female to serve as team leader of the Readjustment Counseling Northeast Region’s Hartford Veterans Outreach Center. Throughout her career, she has served and continues to pursue research interests with various populations, including children and families impacted by poverty and other public health problems, the homeless, those suffering from addiction and mental health challenges including post-traumatic stress disorder, active-duty military, veterans of the armed services and their families, and international social work. She teaches across the social work curriculum and has been blessed with opportunities to present regionally and nationally on the topics of service learning, child and family welfare, and a variety of other social work topics and themes.

She received a bachelor’s in sociology from Paine College (magna cum laude), a master’s in social work from the University of Georgia, and a PhD in social work with a concentration in public health from Clark Atlanta University.