Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-365) and indexes.
Contents:
History and definitions of family violence -- Theories and methodology: investigating the problem of family violence -- Physical child abuse -- Child sexual abuse -- Child neglect and psychological maltreatment -- Children exposed to marital violence -- Courtship violence and date rape -- Marital violence: an overview -- Marital violence: battered women -- Marital violence: batterers -- Elder abuse -- Looking toward the future.
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