| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 214 pages). |
| Series |
Issues in children's and families' lives |
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Issues in children's and families' lives (Springer (Firm))
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Violence in the Black family: what we know, where do we go? / Robert L. Hampton and William Oliver -- Young, wounded, and Black: the maltreatment of African-American children in the early years / Brenda Jones Harden and Sekile Nzinga-Johnson -- Interventions for abused African-American women and their children / Nadine J. Kaslow, Sheridan L. Thorn, and Anuradha Paranjape -- Intimate violence between African-American couples: seeking intimate justice in the midst of social injustice / Brian Jory -- Domestic violence and the Black church: challenging abuse one soul at a time / Tricia B. Bent-Goodley -- The art of healing: an Afrocentric helping guide for practitioners working with African-American families who experience intimate partner violence / Selena T. Anta Rodgers -- Get thee behind me: African-American grandparents raising grandchildren who experienced domestic violence / Karen Bullock -- A practitioners' guide to evaluating domestic violence prevention and treatment programs / Cindy A. Crusto, Ellen B. Ross, Joy S. Kaufman, and the Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County, Inc. |
| Summary |
Offers insights gained through the contributors' individual experiences in family violence prevention and intervention within the African-American community as well as their backgrounds in writing, teaching, training, and researching in this area. This work is useful to professional and clinical settings - as well as a graduate-level study. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Family violence -- United States.
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Family violence -- United States -- Prevention.
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African American families.
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Social work with African Americans.
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Domestic Violence -- prevention & control -- United States.
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Black or African American -- psychology -- United States.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison -- United States.
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Family Relations -- United States.
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Social sciences.
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African American families. (OCoLC)fst00799152
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Family violence. (OCoLC)fst00920540
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Family violence -- Prevention.
(OCoLC)fst00920553
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Social work with African Americans. (OCoLC)fst01123482
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Hampton, Robert L.
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Gullotta, Thomas P., 1948-
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Ramos, Jessica M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Interpersonal violence in the African American community. New York : Springer, ©2006 9780387295978 (DLC) 2005937516 (OCoLC)70200773 |
| ISBN |
9780387295985 |
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0387295984 |
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