This tightly edited book links two timely topics - domestic violence and welfare reform. Developed by leading interdisciplinary academics, practitioners, advocates, and policy makers, Battered Women, Children, and Welfare Reform explores various threads that tie family violence to welfare.

A key chapter, written by survivors of abuse who were also welfare recipients, completes this much-needed addition to the sparse literature and research available on the connection between family violence, child support, child abuse, and welfare.

The macro approach of this book lends insights that will assist practitioners in understanding their clients' objective reality. In addition, academics involved in law, social work, public policy, public administration, and women's studies will appreciate this unique study.