Description |
xvi, 232 pages ; ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Social institutions and social change |
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Social institutions and social change.
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Contents |
Family violence research : some basic and applied questions / JoAnn L. Miller -- Physical violence in American families : incidence rates, causes, and trends / Murray A. Straus -- Public-health conceptions of family abuse / Jacquelyn C. Campbell -- Variations in defining family mistreatment : a community survey / Stephen W. Webster -- Criminal-justice processing of violent and nonviolent offenders : the effects of familial relationship to the victim / Sharon D. Herzberger and Noreen L. Channels -- An investigation of child sexual abuse and consequent victimization : some implications of telephone surveys / John E. Murphy -- The mixed roles of social support and social obstruction in recovery from child abuse / Diana Gurley -- The admissibility of expert testimony on the battered-woman syndrome / Debra F. Kromsky and Brian L. Cutler -- The outcome of participation in a shelter-sponsored program for men who batter / Richard M. Tolman and Gauri Bhosley -- Removal of the perpetrator versus removal of the victim in cases of intrafamilial child sexual abuse / Patricia Ryan, Bruce L. Warren, and Peggy Weincek -- Perceptions of verbal aggression in interspousal violence / Teresa Chandler Sabourin -- Police classification of domestic-violence calls : an assessment of program impact / Richard K. Caputo -- Legal responses of prosecutors to child sexual abuse : a case comparison of two countries / Bruce K. Mac Murray -- Family violence and the courts : implementing a comprehensive new law / Eleanor Lyon and Patricia Goth Mace -- Improving the investigation and prosecution of child sexual-abuse cases : research findings, questions, and implications for public policy / Debra Whitcomb -- Preventing and provoking wife battery through criminal sanctions : a look at the risks / David A. Ford. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Family violence -- United States.
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Added Author |
Knudsen, Dean D., 1932-2022
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Miller, JoAnn L., 1949-2014
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ISBN |
0202304140 paperbound |
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