The most comprehensive research-based text on family violence – now more accessible and visually inviting than ever before
Streamlined and updated throughout with state-of-the-art information, this Third Edition of the authors′ bestselling book gives readers an accessible introduction to the methodology, etiology, prevalence, treatment, and prevention of family violence. Research from experts in the fields of psychology, sociology, criminology, and social welfare informs the book′s broad coverage of current viewpoints and debates within the field. Organized chronologically, chapters cover child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; abused and abusive adolescents; courtship violence and date rape; spouse abuse, battered women, and batterers; and elder abuse.
- ISBN10 1452236879
- ISBN13 9781452236872
- Publish Date 14 December 2010 (first published 3 January 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Edition Third Edition
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 896
- Language English