Interdisciplinary perspectives on family violence: an overview / Mary Lystad -- Part I. Violence and American society -- Violence in society / Daniel Glaser -- The changing role of the family / Laura Lein -- The violent family / Suzanne K. Steinmetz -- Part II. Causes of family violence -- Psychological causes of family violence / Lenore E.A. Walker -- Social and structural factors in family violence / George J. McCall and Nancy M. Shields -- Sociocultural aspects of domestic violence / David G. Gil -- Part III. Clinical intervention programs -- Intervention programs for individual victims and their families / Carol Nadelson and Maria Sauzier -- Special intervention programs for child victims of violence / Howard B. Levy, Stepehn H. Sheldon, and Jon R. Conte -- Special intervention programs for child witnesses to violence / Robert S. Pynoos and Spencer Eth -- Part IV. Community intervention programs -- Preventing family violence: family-focused programs / Carolyn Swift -- Prosecution of wife beaters: institutional obstacles and innovations / Lisa G. Lerman -- Prevention approaches to child sexual abuse / David Finkelhor.