American Families in Crisis: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)
• Provides current research, giving readers clear insight into the problems and challenges confronting modern-day families• Written by an expert in the field who communicates essential theoretical research and statistical content in easy-to-grasp everyday language• Addresses issues not covered in other books, including school shootings, natural disasters, and deployed military families• The chronology highlights important moments in the study of family crises over the past 100 years, including statistics related to the topics presented in earlier chapters, notable achievements in family studies research, the formation of professional associations and organizations, births and deaths of notable scholars, and much more• The Data and Documents chapter uses clear graphics to provide accurate and meaningful information, helping the reader to better understand the complexities of family stress and crisis"It would be appropriate for high school students, undergraduates, and the general public. The entries are well written, clear, and interesting."-ARBA"For high school and college students, scholars, and general readers, Turner (human development and family studies, Mitchell College) offers a guide to specific family crises affecting Americans in the present day, and how they can be identified, prevented, and responded to, with emphasis on their influence on children and how one family member can impact others. The guide focuses on 12 key problems: addiction, adolescent runaways, unemployment, infidelity, divorce, chronic illness and disease, caring for aging family members, domestic violence, school violence, natural disasters, deployed military families, and adolescent suicide. Biographical sketches of seminal figures are included, as are related statistics and documents, a list of organizations, and an annotated bibliography of print and electronic resources, including videos.' "-Reference & Research Book News"[Turner] provides students and families with an excellent starting point for research on many important domestic problems. His guide is recommended for both public and academic libraries."-Lawrence Looks at Books