Kathleen M Malley-Morrison, Denise A Hines

Broschiertes Buch

Family Violence in a Cultural Perspective

Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse

Beschreibung

'This book provides compelling statistical information and an exploration of professional issues making connections between victimisation, cultural oppression and the propensity of violence within particular communities' - SCOLAG Legal Journal This book helps students understand the complexities of defining, measuring, and preventing relationship abuse from a perspective that accurately reflects contemporary cultural diversity within the USA.

Autor

Kathleen Malley-Morrison, Ed.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Boston University. She has conducted considerable research on family violence since 1980 when she was a postdoctoral fellow on the family violence team at Children¿s Hospital in Boston. She regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focusing on family violence. She is the lead author Treating Child Abuse: Family Violence in Hospitals, along with Eli Newberger, Richard Bourne, and Jane Snyder. She has also co-authored Studying Families (SAGE, 1991) with with Anne Copeland, and Family Violence in a Cultural Perspective (SAGE, 2004), with Denise Hines. Her current focus is primarily on cross-cultural and international perspectives on family violence and abuse as well as on war and peace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 181mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780761925965
• ISBN-10: 0761925961
• Artikelnr.: 21349048