| Description |
x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Johns Hopkins series in contemporary medicine and public health |
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Johns Hopkins series in contemporary medicine and public health.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Family violence across the life span / Martha B. Straus -- One. Infancy -- The mother-infant tie : of bonding and abuse / Beverly Birns -- The maltreatment of infants / Howard Dubowitz and Harwood Egan -- Two. Childhood and adolescence - The interpersonal legacy of physical abuse of children / Stephen R. Shirk -- Sexual abuse in the lives of children / Frances Sink -- Abused adolescents / Martha B. Straus -- Three. Adulthood -- How normal is normal development? Some connections between adult development and the roots of abuse and victimization / Alexandra G. Kaplan -- Rape in marriage / David Finkelhor and Kersti Yllo -- Surviving : women's strength through connection / Carolyn F. Swift -- Trauma in men : effects on family life / Bessel A. van der Kolk -- Elder abuse / Terry Fulmer -- Four. Special topics -- Physical victimization across the life span : recognition, ethnicity, and deterrence / Robert L. Hampton -- Special groups at risk of abuse : the disabled / Nora E. Groce -- A framework for understanding and empowering battered women / Susan Schechter with Lisa T. Gary -- The treatment and criminal prosecution of family violence / Richard Bourne. |
| Subject |
Family violence.
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Child Abuse.
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Older people.
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Family.
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Spouse Abuse.
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Violence.
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| Added Author |
Straus, Martha B., 1956-
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| ISBN |
0801836360 alkaline paper |
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0801836379 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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