Family violence / Richard J. Gelles -- Physical child abuse / Joel S. Milner and Julie L. Crouch -- Sexual abuse of children / Jon R. Conte -- Psychological aggression and abuse in marriage / Christopher M. Murphy and Michele Cascardi -- Physical and sexual violence in marriage / Robert L. Hampton and Alice F. Washington Coner-Edwards -- Elder abuse / Frances A. Boudreau -- Violence in families of color in the United States / Jo-Ellen Asbury -- Legal perspectives on
family violence against children / Theodore J. Stein -- The assessment and treatment of violent families / Gary M. Blau, Mary Butteweg Dall, and Lynette M. Anderson -- Male batterers / Edward W. Gondolf -- What can be done to prevent child maltreatment? / Donna Harrington and Howard Dubowitz -- Substance abuse and family violence / Heather R. Hayes and James G. Emshoff.