Defining and understanding abuse -- Issues in the definition of family violence and abuse -- Child maltreatment -- Child physical maltreatment -- Child sexual maltreatment -- Child neglect and psychological maltreatment -- Intimate partner maltreatment -- Maltreatment of female partners -- Maltreatment of male partners -- Maltreatment in college student relationships -- Maltreatment in Lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/intersex relationships --Other types of family maltreatment -- Maltreatment of older adults and people with disabilities -- Maltreatment of siblings and parents by children and adolescents -- Cultural issues in family violence -- Ecological contexts of family violence -- Racial/ethnic issues in family violence -- Religious issues in family violence.