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1 online resource (329 pages) |
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COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I: FAMILY VIOLENCE IN CULTURALCONTEXT: BACKGROUND ISSUES; 1 -- ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS; 2 -- THEORIES AND METHODS; 3 -- TYPES AND EXTENT OF MALTREATMENT IN THE UNITED STATES; 4 -- NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CONTEXTS; 5 -- NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN FAMILY VIOLENCE; 6 -- AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CONTEXTS; 7 -- AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD MALTREATMENT; 8 -- AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULT MALTREATMENT; PART IV: HISPANIC/LATINO CULTURES; 9 -- HISPANIC/LATINO CULTURAL CONTEXTS; 10 -- HISPANIC/LATINO CHILD MALTREATMENT; PART V: ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURES; 12 -- ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CONTEXTS |
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13 -- ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILY VIOLENCEPART VI: CONCLUSION: PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION; 14 -- PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION IN CHILD MALTREATMENT; 15 -- PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION IN ADULT MALTREATMENT; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
| Summary |
Family Violence in a Cultural Perspective focuses on family violence from four major ethnic populations of the United States: Native American Indian, African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian American. Authors Kathleen Malley-Morrison and Denise A. Hines examine violence in these communities and take an ecological approach to its incidences, correlations, and consequences. The information and cases in the book are organized within a cognitive-affective-ecological framework, allowing readers to consider the many causes of family violence. The book looks at the different types of family vio |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Family violence -- United States
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Minorities -- Family relationships -- United States
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Interpersonal relations and culture -- United States
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Social work with minorities -- United States
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Family violence
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Interpersonal relations and culture
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Minorities -- Family relationships
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Social work with minorities
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hines, Dr. Denise A
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| ISBN |
9781452266978 |
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1452266972 |
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9781452232577 |
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1452232571 |
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