Intimate Violence in Families (Family Studies Text series)

This text is designed to provide a basic overview of the subject of family violence. Gelles and Cornell stress the need for an understanding of the operation and function of the entire family system before effective counseling and treatment can be applied. This volume examines all aspects of family violence including child and spouse abuse, sibling violence, adolescent maltreatment, parent abuse. Its focus is on physical violence with its central characteristics of malevolence and intent to harm. However, the nature of the intended harm -- physical pain and suffering -- is seen to be unique. The authors feel that physical violence must be treated separately from other acts such as verbal abuse or neglect, in order to determine both the caus

Self-Help

Gelles, Richard J.

Cornell, Claire Pedrick

Relationships

Sage Publications, Inc.

<p>This text is designed to provide a basic overview of the subject of family violence. Gelles and Cornell stress the need for an understanding of the operation and function of the entire family system before effective counseling and treatment can be applied. This volume examines all aspects of family violence including child and spouse abuse, sibling violence, adolescent maltreatment, parent abuse. Its focus is on physical violence with its central characteristics of malevolence and intent to harm. However, the nature of the intended harm -- physical pain and suffering -- is seen to be unique. The authors feel that physical violence must be treated separately from other acts such as verbal abuse or neglect, in order to determine both the caus</p>

<p>For the latest information on family violence, there is no better resource than the second edition of this landmark volume. Thoroughly revised and updated, the volume examines the significant changes in our understanding of family violence, its antecedents, its correlates and its consequences since 1985. Topics covered include long-term effects of violence on survivors, arrest as a deterrent to violence, wife-battering, sibling violence, child and elder abuse; the volume also discusses some well-known cases, such as the Steinberg//Nussbaum trial.</p>

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Intimate Violence in Families (Family Studies Text series)

Intimate Violence in Families (Family Studies Text series)

Intimate Violence in Families (Family Studies Text series)

Intimate Violence in Families (Family Studies Text series)