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Author Gelles, Richard J.

Title Family violence / Richard J. Gelles.

Publication Info. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1979]
©1979

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.82 G318F    Check Shelf
Description 219 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Sage library of social research ; v. 84
Sage library of social research ; v. 84.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218).
Contents Part I: Violence toward children -- Introduction -- 1. Child abuse as psychopathology: a sociological critique and reformulation -- 2. The social construction of child abuse -- 3. Community agencies and child abuse: labeling and gatekeeping -- 4. Violence toward children in the United States -- Part II: Marital violence -- Introduction -- 5. Abused wives: why do they stay? -- 6. Violence and pregnancy: a note on the extent of the problem and needed services -- 7. Power, sex, and violence: the case of marital rape -- 8. The truth about husband abuse -- Part III: Studying family violence -- Introduction -- 9. Methods for studying sensitive family topics -- 10. Etiology of violence: overcoming fallacious reasoning in understanding family violence and child abuse -- Part IV: The impact of family violence -- Introduction -- 11. Family experience and public support for the death penalty (with Murray A. Straus).
Subject Family violence -- United States.
Spouse Abuse.
Child Abuse.
ISBN 080391234X
0803912358 paperback
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