Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating AbuseSAGE, 2005 - 410 páginas Family aggression - whether in form of physical violence or verbal abuse - has touched most of us in our lifetime. Most of us have witnessed it, experienced it, or used it at one point or another. In order for us to eliminate aggressive and abusive behaviors from relationships, we must be willing to confront our own experiences with these behaviors. Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse examines all types of family aggression. The book is designed to provoke readers into questioning assumptions, evaluating information, formulating hypotheses, and designing solutions to problems of family violence. Also considered uniquely in this text are the less understood and more controversial issues such as husband abuse, parent abuse, and gay//lesbian abuse. |
Contenido
Issues in the Definition of Family Violence and Abuse | 1 |
Cultural Contexts of Family Violence | 31 |
Cultural Contexts Religion | 55 |
Child Physical Abuse | 83 |
Child Sexual Abuse | 109 |
Child Neglect and Psychological Maltreatment | 133 |
Wife Abuse | 159 |
Wife Abuse 179 | 179 |
Abuse in GayLesbianBisexual Transgender Relationships | 213 |
Elder Abuse | 241 |
Hidden Types of Family Violence Abuse of Siblings Parents and People With Disabilities | 261 |
Responding Effectively to Family Violence | 289 |
References | 317 |
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About the Authors | |
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