Assessment of family violence
Subtitle: a clinical and legal sourcebook
By: edited by Robert T. Ammerman and Michel Hersen
Contributors: Ammerman, Robert T; Hersen, Michel
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Family violence; Family violence -- Law and legislation -- United States
Description: "Almost every mental health professional is faced with evaluating individuals and families involved in domestic violence, including child abuse and neglect, incest, battering, elder abuse, and psychological abuse. This resource is the only book exclusively devoted to the assessment of all types of family violence and explains how to determine if family violence is occurring."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: Current issues in the assessment of family violence : an update; title: Clinical issues in the assessment of family violence involving children; title: Clinical issues in the assessment of partner violence; title: Legal and systems issues in the assessment of family violence involving children; title: Legal and systems issues in the assessment of family violence involving adults; title: Epidemiology of family violence involving children; title: Epidemiology of intimate partner violence and other family violence involving adults; title: Child physical abuse; title: Child neglect; title: Incest in young children; title: Extrafamilial child sexual abuse; title: Woman battering; title: Elder abuse and neglect; title: Psychological maltreatment of children; title: Psychological maltreatment of women; title: Child witnesses of domestic violence; title: Adolescent perpetrators of sexual abuse; title: Adult survivors of sexual abuse