NCJ Number
171756
Editor(s)
G K Kantor,
J L Jasinski
Date Published
1997
Length
343 pages
Annotation
This volume presents the latest research findings and theoretical studies on family violence.
Abstract
Chapters in this volume discuss theory, methodology, assessment, interventions, and ethical approaches related to family violence. The first section of the book, The Prevalence of Family Violence, discusses change in attitudes toward marital violence, homicides of children and youth, and childhood victimization. The second section, Child Abuse and Neglect, examines, among other topics: the intimacy variable, pornography and child sexual abuse, effects of children's exposure to marital aggression, and assessing trauma in children. Part Three, Wife Abuse, includes a comparative analysis of woman battering among black and white women, feminist therapy for battered women, victim resources and police intervention, and collaboration between researchers and advocates. The final section, Ethical and Cultural Issues in Family Violence, discusses the evolution of an empirical model for decisionmaking in trauma research, ethical dimensions of interventions with violent partners, and conducting ethical cross-cultural research on family violence. Tables, figures, notes, references, appendixes, indexes