Overview

Since the publication of the first edition in 1991, there has been substantial progress in our understanding of the aetiology and associated features of domestic violence. As in the first edition, this book elucidates and highlights the complex multidisciplinary issues facing clinicians who work with family violence cases. Each chapter combines two illustrative cases with a broader discussion of the issues that are encountered by clinicians working with families that engage in abuse or neglect.

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Author:   Robert T. Ammerman ,  Michel Hersen
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
Edition:   Second Edition 2000
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.470kg
ISBN:  

9780306462481

ISBN 10:   0306462486
Pages:   454
Publication Date:   31 August 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

I. General Issues.- 1 Family Violence: A Clinical Overview.- 2 Social and Ecological Issues in Violence toward Children.- 3 The Ecology of Domestic Aggression toward Adult Victims.- 4 Legal Issues in Violence toward Children.- 5 Legal Issues in Violence toward Adults.- 6 Medical Issues with Child Victims of Family Violence.- 7 Medical Issues with Adult Victims of Family Violence.- II. Violence Toward Children.- 8 Child Physical Abuse.- 9 Child Neglect.- 10 Child Sexual Abuse.- 11 Incest.- 12 Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities.- 13 The Child Witness of Family Violence.- 14 Psychological and Emotional Abuse of Children.- III. Violence Toward Adults.- 15 Wife Battering.- 16 Psychological Maltreatment of Partners.- 17 Marital Rape.- 18 Intimate Partner Homicide.

Reviews

From reviews of the First Edition: [Elucidates] the complex and multidisciplinary clinical issues encountered in treating family violence through the investigation of individual case examples of the different forms of family violence.' Adolescence Ammerman and Hersen address the expanse of types of family violence. ... [O]ne of the few books that can be used by a wide range of readers including lawyers, physicians, mental health professionals, and educators...[and o]f great value to team efforts to prevent, identify, and treat family violence.... The chapters taken together form a powerful picture of the pervasiveness of domestic mistreatment today...' Contemporary Psychology

From reviews of the First Edition: '[Elucidates] the complex and multidisciplinary clinical issues encountered in treating family violence through the investigation of individual case examples of the different forms of family violence.' Adolescence 'Ammerman and Hersen address the expanse of types of family violence. ... [O]ne of the few books that can be used by a wide range of readers including lawyers, physicians, mental health professionals, and educators...[and o]f great value to team efforts to prevent, identify, and treat family violence... The chapters taken together form a powerful picture of the pervasiveness of domestic mistreatment today...' Contemporary Psychology

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