NCJ Number
28623
Date Published
1974
Length
18 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF BOTH THE LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE APPLICATIONS OF FORCE IN THE FAMILY AND THE MORE SUBTLE ELEMENTS OF FAMILY STRUCTURE WHERE FORCE PLAYS A ROLE THOUGH NO OVERT USE OF FORCE IS ACTUALLY VISIBLE.
Abstract
THIS PAPER FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN ASPECTS OF THIS POWER: FORCE EMBODIED IN CONTINUING FAMILY ROLES AND STRUCTURES, WHICH IS RARELY REJECTED OR CHALLENGED; BOTH INVISIBLE AND OVERT PHYSICAL FORCE USED IN THE MOLDING OF CHILDREN DURING THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS; AND OVERT, BUT ILLEGITIMATE FORCE - VIOLENCE WITHIN THE FAMILY APPEARING AS ASSAULT, MURDER, OR CHILD ABUSE. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.