Features of Crisis Center Work with Women Affected by Domestic Violence
The article analyses the problems of family violence against women, the problems of scientific search for solving issues on how and why the problem of violence occurs in a family, what is the role of family violence in processes associated with social changes in a particular society, including the Russian. The article notes the role of consultants, psychologists and social workers of crisis centres, governmental and public organizations dealing with problems of psychological assistance and social adaptation of family violence victims. It considers the activity of the crisis centers in relation to women who find themselves in a difficult life situation. The author regards the options for an effective implementation of preventive activities in the sphere of family violence, the need for not only reforming the legislation and improving the practice of its application, but also developing and introducing various forms of social assistance for victims and subjects of such violence.