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224 pp.
6" x 9"

ISBN-13:
9780195381733

Copyright Year:
2017

Imprint: Oxford University Press

Intimate Violence and Abuse

Fourth Edition

Dr. Richard J. Gelles

This Fourth Edition of Intimate Violence and Abuse in Families updates a best-selling core text in the field of intimate violence and child maltreatment. New features include: a "Global Perspectives" call-out box for each of the chapters that explore an aspect of research, policy, and practice globally or in another nation; and a separate chapter that examines forms of intimate partner violence other than male-to-female. Bidirectional intimate partner violence and female-to-male violence remain contentious topics in the field of intimate partner violence and rarely receive extensive coverage in books or texts; Chapter 7 includes a new examination of brain and behavior research and theory as it can be applied to intimate partner violence. Further, Chapter 8 adds a much-expanded examination of the most important federal policies pertaining to child welfare and child maltreatment.

The inclusion of all forms of relationship and intimate violence continues to be a distinctive feature of the book, which is a must-have for both undergraduate and graduate students studying social work, family studies, criminology, nursing, sociology, and/or psychology.

1. Introduction to Intimate Violence and Abuse in Families
2. The Historical and Cultural Legacies of Family And Intimate Violence
3. The Youngest Victims: Violence Toward and the Maltreatment of Children and Adolescents
4. Violence Against Women in Heterosexual Relationships
5. Mutual Violence, Violence Toward Men, Violence in Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Relationships
6. Hidden Victims
7. Explaining Intimate Violence and Abuse
8. Policy, Intervention, and Prevention: Society's Response to Intimate Violence and Abuse
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Index

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Dean Gelles holds The Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence in the School of Social Policy & Practice. He is the Director for the Center for Research on Youth & Social Policy and Co-Director of the Field Center for Children's Policy Practice & Research.

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