Overview

That family violence injures and kills its victims both physically and psychologically was established over two decades ago by early researchers in this field. Abused and Battered heralds the second generation of domestic abuse research: it examines the implications of the legal and social responses to both victims and offenders by systematically addressing the intended and unintended consequences of programs and procedures designed to ameliorate the effects of spousal and child abuse. Contributors to this multidisciplinary volume represent the leading perspectives in public health, law and criminal justice, psychology, and sociology. They provide new and sophisticated insights regarding the etiology of the multiple forms of family abuse and they suggest innovative strategies for mitigating the anguish resulting from physical and emotional violence against adults and children within households. The results of this research will be of interest to students and practitioners in sociology, public health, psychology and family studies, and to clinicians and therapists who treat victims or offenders.

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Author:   Dean Knudsen ,  JoAnn L. Miller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   AldineTransaction
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780202304137

ISBN 10:   0202304132
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   31 December 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Preface Introduction: Some Fundamental Issues PART I. CONCEPTUALIZATION AND EMPIRICAL STUDY 1. Family Violence Research: Some Basic and Applied Questions JoAnn L. Miller 2. Physical Violence in American Families: Incidence Rates, Causes, and Trends Murray A. Straus 3. Public-Health Conceptions of Family Abuse Jacquelyn C. Campbell 4. Variations in Defining Family Mistreatment: A Community Survey Stephen W. Webster 5. Criminal-Justice Processing of Violent and Nonviolent Offenders: The Effects of Familial Relationship to the Victim Sharon D. Herzberger and Noreen L. Channels PART II. EFFECTS OF VICTIMIZATION 6. An Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse and Consequent Victimization: Some Implications of Telephone Surveys John E. Murphy 7. The Mixed Roles of Social Support and Social Obstruction in Recovery from Child Abuse Diana Gurley 8. The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Battered-Woman Syndrome Debra F. Kromsky and Brian L. Cutler PART III. SOCIAL RESPONSES TO FAMILY VIOLENCE: BATTERERS AND THEIR VICTIMS 9. The Outcome of Participation in a Shelter-Sponsered Program for Men Who Batter Richard M. Tolman and Gauri Bhosley 10. Removal of the Perpetrator versus Removal of the Victim in Cases of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse Patricia Ryan, Bruce L. Warren, and Peggy Weincek 11. Perceptions of Verbal Aggression in Interspousal Violence Teresa Chandler Sabourin PART IV. LEGAL RESPONSES TO FAMILY VIOLENCE 12. Police Classification of Domestic-Violence Calls: An Assessment of Program Impact Richard K. Caputo 13. Legal Responses of Prosecutors to Child Sexual Abuse: A Case Comparison of Two Countries Bruce K. Mac Murray 14. Family Violence and the Courts: Implementing a Comprehensive New Law Elanor Lyon and Patricia Goth Mace 15. Improvising the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Sexual-Abuse Cases: Research Findings, Questions, and Implications for Public Policy Debra Whitcomb 16. Preventing and Provoking Wife Battery through Criminal Sanctions: A Look at the Risks David A. Ford References Index

Reviews

-In this multidisciplinary collection, contributors explore persistent problems associated with the unresponsiveness of the police and the criminal justice system to victims of family violence, and the effects of prosecutorial discretion on such victims... Upper-division undergraduates and above.- --Y. Peterson, Choice -The evaluation studies in this volume underscore many of the problems researchers face, as well as the creative and ingenious approaches that they adopt to appraise programs and processes designed to reduce the injurious effects of family violence. The book is a welcome addition to the family violence literature. It is effectively organized and well written... [T]he book can stand alone as a course text.- --Ann Goetting, Contemporary Sociology -The strengths of this book include its coverage of both social and legal aspects of intervention, the inclusion of both quantitative and qualitative research studies, and the recognition that different types of abuse and victimization often occur within the same family.- --N. Zoe Hilton, Canadian Journal of Criminology -The volume presents important new research... The book would make an excellent supplemental text for a course on family violence.- --Richard J. Gelles, Journal of Marriage and Family -Abuse and Battered heralds the second generation of domestic abuse research: it examines the implications of the legal and social responses to both victims and offenders by systematically addressing the intended and unintended consequences of programs and procedures designed to ameliorate the effects of spousal and child abuse.- --Adolescence In this multidisciplinary collection, contributors explore persistent problems associated with the unresponsiveness of the police and the criminal justice system to victims of family violence, and the effects of prosecutorial discretion on such victims... Upper-division undergraduates and above. --Y. Peterson, Choice The evaluation studies in this volume underscore many of the problems researchers face, as well as the creative and ingenious approaches that they adopt to appraise programs and processes designed to reduce the injurious effects of family violence. The book is a welcome addition to the family violence literature. It is effectively organized and well written... [T]he book can stand alone as a course text. --Ann Goetting, Contemporary Sociology The strengths of this book include its coverage of both social and legal aspects of intervention, the inclusion of both quantitative and qualitative research studies, and the recognition that different types of abuse and victimization often occur within the same family. --N. Zoe Hilton, Canadian Journal of Criminology The volume presents important new research... The book would make an excellent supplemental text for a course on family violence. --Richard J. Gelles, Journal of Marriage and Family Abuse and Battered heralds the second generation of domestic abuse research: it examines the implications of the legal and social responses to both victims and offenders by systematically addressing the intended and unintended consequences of programs and procedures designed to ameliorate the effects of spousal and child abuse. --Adolescence In this multidisciplinary collection, contributors explore persistent problems associated with the unresponsiveness of the police and the criminal justice system to victims of family violence, and the effects of prosecutorial discretion on such victims... Upper-division undergraduates and above. --Y. Peterson, Choice The evaluation studies in this volume underscore many of the problems researchers face, as well as the creative and ingenious approaches that they adopt to appraise programs and processes designed to reduce the injurious effects of family violence. The book is a welcome addition to the family violence literature. It is effectively organized and well written... [T]he book can stand alone as a course text. --Ann Goetting, Contemporary Sociology The strengths of this book include its coverage of both social and legal aspects of intervention, the inclusion of both quantitative and qualitative research studies, and the recognition that different types of abuse and victimization often occur within the same family. --N. Zoe Hilton, Canadian Journal of Criminology The volume presents important new research... The book would make an excellent supplemental text for a course on family violence. --Richard J. Gelles, Journal of Marriage and Family Abuse and Battered heralds the second generation of domestic abuse research: it examines the implications of the legal and social responses to both victims and offenders by systematically addressing the intended and unintended consequences of programs and procedures designed to ameliorate the effects of spousal and child abuse. --Adolescence

<p> In this multidisciplinary collection, contributors explore persistent problems associated with the unresponsiveness of the police and the criminal justice system to victims of family violence, and the effects of prosecutorial discretion on such victims... Upper-division undergraduates and above. <p> --Y. Peterson, Choice

<p> In this multidisciplinary collection, contributors explore persistent problems associated with the unresponsiveness of the police and the criminal justice system to victims of family violence, and the effects of prosecutorial discretion on such victims... Upper-division undergraduates and above. <p> --Y. Peterson, Choice <p> The evaluation studies in this volume underscore many of the problems researchers face, as well as the creative and ingenious approaches that they adopt to appraise programs and processes designed to reduce the injurious effects of family violence. The book is a welcome addition to the family violence literature. It is effectively organized and well written... [T]he book can stand alone as a course text. <p> --Ann Goetting, Contemporary Sociology <p> The strengths of this book include its coverage of both social and legal aspects of intervention, the inclusion of both quantitative and qualitative research studies, and the recognition that different types of abuse and victimization often occur within the same family. <p> --N. Zoe Hilton, Canadian Journal of Criminology <p> The volume presents important new research... The book would make an excellent supplemental text for a course on family violence. <p> --Richard J. Gelles, Journal of Marriage and Family <p> Abuse and Battered heralds the second generation of domestic abuse research: it examines the implications of the legal and social responses to both victims and offenders by systematically addressing the intended and unintended consequences of programs and procedures designed to ameliorate the effects of spousal and child abuse. <p> --Adolescence

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