Domestic violence and child abuse sourcebook
Subtitle: basic consumer health information about spousal/partner, child, sibling, parent, and elder abuse, covering physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, teen dating violence, and stalking : includes information about hotlines, safe houses, safety plans, and other resources for support and assistance, community initiatives, and reports on current directions in research and treatment, along with a glossary, sources for further reading, and governmental and non-governmental organizations contact information
By: edited by Helene Henderson
Contributors: Henderson, Helene, 1963-
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Health reference series
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1064
Subjects: Family violence -- United States; Child abuse -- United States; Family violence -- United States -- Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 991-1012) and index
Table of contents: title: Violence between intimates: historical legacy, contemporary approval; title: Hitting the wall; title: It's always his fault; title: Definitions and incidence (Spousal and partner abuse); title: Special populations; title: Domestic violence & alcohol and other drugs; title: Domestic violence and poverty; title: The HIV/AIDS connection to domestic violence; title: Identifying spousal and partner abuse; title: Stalking; title: Teen dating violence; title: Safety strategies; title: Law enforcement and judicial interventions; title: Definitions and incidence (Child abuse); title: Spousal/partner abuse and child abuse; title: Repressed memory controversy; title: Prevention and treatment strategies; title: Sibling abuse; title: Parent abuse; title: Definitions, incidence, and prevention (Elder abuse); title: Individual initiatives; title: A community checklist: important steps to end violence against women; title: Workplace initiatives; title: Legal initiatives; title: Legislative and other government initiatives; title: A guide to court watching in domestic violence and sexual assault cases; title: Facing up to family violence; title: Findings about partner violence from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study; title: Research on batterers; title: Batterer programs; title: Childhood victimization: early adversity, later psychopathology; title: Victims of childhood sexual abuse: later criminal consequences; title: Preventing child sexual abuse: research inconclusive about effectiveness of child education programs; title: Cycle of sexual abuse: research inconclusive about whether child victims become adult abusers; title: Economic costs of abuse; title: Issues and dilemmas in family violence; title: Reducing violence: a research agenda; title: Glossary; title: Hotlines and organizations; title: Bibliographpy