Intimate Violence in Families / Edition 1

by Richard J. Gelles

Overview

For the latest information on family violence, there is no better resource than the second edition of this landmark volume. Thoroughly revised and updated, the volume examines the significant changes in our understanding of family violence, its antecedents, its correlates and its consequences since 1985. Topics covered include long-term effects of violence on survivors, arrest as a deterrent to violence, wife-battering, sibling violence, child and elder abuse; the volume also discusses some well-known cases, such as the Steinberg//Nussbaum trial.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761901235
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/15/1997
Series:	Family Studies Text
Edition description:	3RD
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Richard J. Gelles received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of New Hampshire. He is the Dean of The School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania and holds The Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence in the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the Director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Children’s Policy, Practice, and Research. His book, The Violent Home was the first systematic empirical investigation of family violence and continues to be highly influential. He is the author or coauthor of 23 books and more than 100 articles and chapters on family violence. His latest books are, The Book of David: How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's Lives (Basic Books, 1996) and Intimate Violence in Families, Third Edition (Sage Publications, 1997).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Violence between Intimates
Historical Legacy - Contemporary Approval
The Youngest Victims
Violence toward Children
The 'Appropriate' Victims
Women
Hidden Victims
Siblings, Adolescents, Parents, the Elderly, and Gay and Lesbian Couples
Explaining Intimate and Family Violence
Prevention and Treatment
Society's Response and Responsibility