Abused and Battered

Social and Legal Responses to Family Violence
Herausgeber: Knudsen, Dean

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

That family violence injures and kills its victims both physically and psychologically was established over two decades ago by early researchers in this field

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780202304144
• ISBN-10: 0202304140
• Artikelnr.: 23364657

Autorenporträt

Dean Knudsen

Inhaltsangabe

List of ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction: Some Fundamental IssuesPART I.
CONCEPTUALIZATION AND EMPIRICAL STUDY1. Family Violence Research: Some
Basic and Applied Questions JoAnn L. Miller2. Physical Violence in American
Families: Incidence Rates, Causes, and Trends Murray A. Straus3.
Public-Health Conceptions of Family Abuse Jacquelyn C. Campbell4.
Variations in Defining Family Mistreatment: A Community Survey Stephen W.
Webster5. Criminal-Justice Processing of Violent and Nonviolent Offenders:
The Effects of Familial Relationship to the Victim Sharon D. Herzberger and
Noreen L. ChannelsPART II. EFFECTS OF VICTIMIZATION6. An Investigation of
Child Sexual Abuse and Consequent Victimization: Some Implications of
Telephone Surveys John E. Murphy7. The Mixed Roles of Social Support and
Social Obstruction in Recovery from Child Abuse Diana Gurley8. The
Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Battered-Woman Syndrome Debra F.
Kromsky and Brian L. CutlerPART III. SOCIAL RESPONSES TO FAMILY VIOLENCE:
BATTERERS AND THEIR VICTIMS9. The Outcome of Participation in a
Shelter-Sponsered Program for Men Who Batter Richard M. Tolman and Gauri
Bhosley10. Removal of the Perpetrator versus Removal of the Victim in Cases
of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse Patricia Ryan, Bruce L. Warren, and
Peggy Weincek11. Perceptions of Verbal Aggression in Interspousal Violence
Teresa Chandler SabourinPART IV. LEGAL RESPONSES TO FAMILY VIOLENCE12.
Police Classification of Domestic-Violence Calls: An Assessment of Program
Impact Richard K. Caputo13. Legal Responses of Prosecutors to Child Sexual
Abuse: A Case Comparison of Two Countries Bruce K. Mac Murray14. Family
Violence and the Courts: Implementing a Comprehensive New Law Elanor Lyon
and Patricia Goth Mace15. Improvising the Investigation and Prosecution of
Child Sexual-Abuse Cases: Research Findings, Questions, and Implications
for Public Policy Debra Whitcomb16. Preventing and Provoking Wife Battery
through Criminal Sanctions: A Look at the Risks David A.
FordReferencesIndex