Family Violence in the United States

Rich in scholarly references and case materials, Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse, Second Edition by Denise A. Hines and Kathleen Malley-Morrison is a thought-provoking book that encourages students to question assumptions, evaluate information, formulate hypotheses, and design solutions to problems of family violence in the United States. Using an ecological framework, the authors provide an informative discussion of not only of the most well-recognized forms of maltreatment in families, but also of less understood and more controversial issues such as husband abuse, parent abuse, and gay/lesbian abuse. It reviews and evaluates major efforts at intervention and prevention. INDICE: Part I. Defining and Understanding Abuse1. Issues in the Definition of Family Violence and AbusePart II. Child Maltreatment2. Child Physical Maltreatment3. Child Sexual Maltreatment4. Child Neglect and Psychological MaltreatmentPart III. Intimate Partner Maltreatment5. Maltreatment of Female Partners6. Maltreatment of Male Partners7. Maltreatment in College Student Relationships8. Maltreatment in Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer/Intersex RelationshipsPart IV. Other Types of Famliy Maltreatment9. Maltreatment of Older Adults and People with Disabilities10. Maltreatment of Siblings and Parents by Children and AdolescentsPart V. Cultural Issues in Family Violence11. Ecological Contexts of Family Violence12. Racial/Ethnic Issues in Family Violence13. Religious Issues on Family Violence

• ISBN: 978-1-4129-8900-8
• Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 600
• Fecha Publicación: 24/01/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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