| Description |
1 online resource (666 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Contributors; Introduction; Family Violence: Current Issues, Interventions, and Research; Definition of Terms; Current Issues, Research, and Interventions; Spouse/Partner Maltreatment; Child Physical Maltreatment and Exposure to Family Violence; Child Custody Issues in Family Violence; Child Sexual Maltreatment; False Allegations, Suggestibility, "False Memories," Divorce, and a Backlash Concerning Child Sexual Maltreatment; Adult Sexual Abuse Survivors; Incest Offenders |
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Areas that Require Additional Research or InterventionConclusion; Therapist Awareness of Appropriate Intervention in Treatment of Domestic Violence: A Review; Study 1; Method; Case A; Case B; Results; Discussion; Study 2; Method; Results; Discussion; Summary of Findings; Spouse/Partner Maltreatment: Issues, Interventions, and Research; Therapist Ethical Responsibilities for Spousal Abuse Cases; Effective Treatment; Assessment for the Presence of Violence; Assessment Once Violence is Identified; Treatment; Malpractice Liability; Duty to Warn/Protect; Conclusion |
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A Biopychosocial Model for Understanding Relationship AggressionPsychosocial Research; Typologies of Batterers; Biological Influences; Serotonin Hypothesis; Head Injury and Relationship Aggression; Relationship Aggression: A Proposed Biopsychosocial Model; Future Research Directions; Research Concerning Wife Abuse: Implications for Physician Training; Abuse Victims in Outpatient Clinics; Battered Women in Outpatient Clinics; Why Physicians Need Training About Battering; Behavioral Science Professionals as Physician Trainers; What Should Training Involve?; Conclusion |
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Battered Women: A Historical Research Review and Some Common MythsBattered Women, Medicine, and the Myth of Psychopathology; Battered Women, law Enforcement, and the Myth of Dangerousness; Battered Women, the Legal System, and the Myth of Equal Justice for All; Battered Women and Homicide: Till Death do us Part; Battered Women, Custody, and the Myth that Children are Unharmed; Gender Differences and the Myth of the Battered Husband Syndrome; Conclusion; Female Offenders in Domestic Violence: A Look at Actions in Their Context; Two Viewpoints: A Brief Background |
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General Population Studies of Woman-Initiated ViolenceClinical Studies of Woman-Initiated Violence; Characteristics of Domestically Violent Women; Implications for Training; Future Directions; Conclusion; Specific Recommendations; Multifaceted Approaches in Spouse Abuse Treatment; The State of Current Treatment Options; An Option: Solution-Focused Treatment; Case Study; Conclusion; Child Physical Maltreatment and Exposure to Violence in Families: Issues, Interventions, and Research; Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Child Abuse and Neglect; The NIS Methodology and Previous Findings |
| Summary |
Violence and abuse that occur behind closed doors are not just personal concerns or issues. Family violence is a major mental health, social service, health care, and criminal justice problem that society cannot continue to ignore. Violence and Sexual Abuse at Home gives you the facts of spouse/partner and child maltreatment, an analysis of the intervention and prevention techniques commonly used, and alternative approaches and theories for understanding and reducing instances of family abuse. The factors behind maltreatment are multiple and diverse. Because there are so many approach |
| Notes |
Other Relevant Literature |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lundberg Love, Paula
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| ISBN |
9781317764663 |
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1317764668 |
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