Title: The Dark side of families : current family violence research /
Authors: Finkelhor, David.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 1983
Subjects: Rape; Violence; Spouse Abuse; Family; Child Abuse; Family violence United States; Wife abuse United States; Child abuse United States; Child sexual abuse United States.; Rape in marriage United States.; Family violence United States Congresses.; Wife abuse United States Congresses.; Child abuse United States Congresses.; Child sexual abuse United States Congresses.; Rape in marriage United States Congresses.; United States; United States.
Abstract: This series of articles portrays the state of the art on family violence and abuse research, crystallizes the key interdisciplinary issues confronting family violence and abuse researchers, and suggests a research agenda for the coming years. Although the chapters cover a broad spectrum of issues and controversies in the areas of wife abuse, child abuse, the sexual abuse of children, and marital rape, a number of common themes and issues emerge. First, many chapters share the perspective that violence and abuse emerge from the nature of social arrangements. Second, even though many different forms of family violence and abuse are discussed, several chapters explore their commonalities and important etiological differences. A number of articles examine the common effects of victimization across various forms of family violence and abuse. A third common theme of the papers is an expansion of research efforts to groups other than victims of family violence and abuse, as there are chapters that examine the individual and social characteristics of male perpetrators of both wife abuse and child abuse as well as chapters that focus on the attitudes and behaviors of professional groups concerned with the treatment of victims of family violence and abuse. The volume shows great methodological diversity and attention to theoretical detail; the research presented reveals the possibility of a more comprehensive social science approach to the study of family violence and abuse. In work related to theory building, one chapter explains a number of findings in the child abuse and neglect literature using propositions derived from evolutionary biology; another paper distills propositions from several theoretical traditions. In conjunction with these efforts, several chapters report research designed to test competing propositions. Chapter references and research data are provided.
Contents: Preface -- Section I. Introduction. 1. Common features of family abuse / David Finkelhor -- Section II. Violence against wives. 2. The battered woman syndrome study / Lenore E. Walker -- 3. Violent men or violent husbands? Background factors and situational correlates / Jeffrey A. Fagan, Douglas K. Stewart, and Karen V. Hansen -- 4. Science and violence against wives / Laurie Wardell, Dair L. Gillespie, and Ann Leffler -- Section III. Physical and sexual abuse of children. 5. Doing what comes naturally? An evolutionary perspective on child abuse / Robert L. Burgess and James Garbarino -- 6. Exploring intrafamilial child sexual abuse : a systems approach / Kathleen J. Tierney and David L. Corwin -- Section IV. 7. Rape in marriage : a sociological view / David Finkelhor and Kersti Yllo -- 8. Battered wives' reactions to marital rape / Nancy M. Shields and Christine R. Hanneke -- Section V. Toward a theory of intrafamily violence. 9. An exchange/social control theory / Richard J. Gelles -- 10. The goals of aggression / Leonard Berkowitz -- 11. Social psychological determinants / Richard J. Sebastian --