Richard J. Gelles

Since its original publication in 1974, The Violent Home has become a classic in family violence literature. The new edition contains the full text of the original as well as a retrospective preface by the author, reflecting on the impact of the book and on its importance for current studies of family violence. Gelles reveals where and when violence in the home is likeliest to occur. He also gives reasons why - such as sex, money and job stress. He also reports actual cases of physical violence between husbands and wives, who relate how they feel and think about these incidents and their relationships with one another.

The Violent Home

Murray Arnold Straus

For this study, a nationwide sample of 960 males and 1,183 females were interviewed to examine methods of conflict resolution within the family. Information was gathered regarding the following areas : resolution of conflicts between spouses and between parents and children, including detailed information on the development of conflicts resulting in violence, resolution of conflicts in the respondent's childhood family, family power structure, marital closeness and stability, personality, and stress factors.

Physical Violence in American Families, 1976

Donileen R. Loseke

Mary M. Cavanaugh

Now in its Second Edition, Current Controversies on Family Violence contains thoughtful--often heated--discussions that highlight the most current controversies, research, and policy directions in the family violence area. This volume includes chapters by academic and public policy researchers, therapists, lawyers, victim advocates and educators. Some of the controversies in the First Edition have been deleted while new ones have been added. Chapters in this Second Edition also are shorter and more accessible to readers who are not already experts in family violence.

Current Controversies on Family Violence

Since its publication in 1979, Family Violence has proved to be one of the most popular volumes for professional and text use in its area. The second edition reflects new concerns of family violence studies and advances in Gelles' own work. It includes topics that have emerged since the first edition - such as elder abuse and adolescent-to-parent violence - as well as the discovery by Gelles and his colleagues of a drastic drop in the incidence of family violence over the last decade.

Family Violence

Dean and the Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence Richard J Gelles

With reference to the tragic case of David, an infant murdered by his mother after falling through the vast cracks in the child welfare system, this book contains convincing evidence that the child welfare system must undergo a dramatic change in priority. Tour.

How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's Lives

The Book Of David

Suzanne K. Steinmetz

Murray Murray Arnold Straus

Behind Closed Doors is grounded in the unprecedented national survey of the extent, patterns, and causes of violence in the American family. Based on a study of over 2,000 families, the authors provide landmark insights into this phenomenon of violence and what causes Americans to inflict it on their family members. The authors explore the relationship between spousal abuse and child abuse as well as abuse between siblings, violence by children against their parents, and the causes and effects of verbal abuse. Taken together, their analysis provides a vivid picture of how violence is woven into the fabric of family life and why the hallmark of family life is both love and violence. This is a comprehensive, highly readable account of interest to both the professional and the layperson on an important topic, which concerns the social well-being of us all.

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