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Informationen zum Autor Dean Knudsen That family violence injures and kills its victims both physically and psychologically was established over two decades ago by early researchers in this field. Abused and Battered heralds the second generation of domestic abuse research: it examines the implications of the legal and social responses to both victims and offenders by systematically addressing the intended and unintended consequences of programs and procedures designed to ameliorate the effects of spousal and child abuse. Contributors to this multidisciplinary volume represent the leading perspectives in public health, law and criminal justice, psychology, and sociology. They provide new and sophisticated insights regarding the etiology of the multiple forms of family abuse and they suggest innovative strategies for mitigating the anguish resulting from physical and emotional violence against adults and children within households. The results of this research will be of interest to students and practitioners in sociology, public health, psychology and family studies, and to clinicians and therapists who treat victims or offenders. Zusammenfassung That family violence injures and kills its victims both physically and psychologically was established over two decades ago by early researchers in this field. Abused and Battered heralds the second generation of domestic abuse research: it examines the implications of the legal and social responses to both victims and offenders by systematically addressing the intended and unintended consequences of programs and procedures designed to ameliorate the effects of spousal and child abuse. Contributors to this multidisciplinary volume represent the leading perspectives in public health, law and criminal justice, psychology, and sociology. They provide new and sophisticated insights regarding the etiology of the multiple forms of family abuse and they suggest innovative strategies for mitigating the anguish resulting from physical and emotional violence against adults and children within households. The results of this research will be of interest to students and practitioners in sociology, public health, psychology and family studies, and to clinicians and therapists who treat victims or offenders. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors Preface Introduction: Some Fundamental Issues PART I. CONCEPTUALIZATION AND EMPIRICAL STUDY 1. Family Violence Research: Some Basic and Applied Questions JoAnn L. Miller 2. Physical Violence in American Families: Incidence Rates, Causes, and Trends Murray A. Straus 3. Public-Health Conceptions of Family Abuse Jacquelyn C. Campbell 4. Variations in Defining Family Mistreatment: A Community Survey Stephen W. Webster 5. Criminal-Justice Processing of Violent and Nonviolent Offenders: The Effects of Familial Relationship to the Victim Sharon D. Herzberger and Noreen L. Channels PART II. EFFECTS OF VICTIMIZATION 6. An Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse and Consequent Victimization: Some Implications of Telephone Surveys John E. Murphy 7. The Mixed Roles of Social Support and Social Obstruction in Recovery from Child Abuse Diana Gurley 8. The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Battered-Woman Syndrome Debra F. Kromsky and Brian L. Cutler PART III. SOCIAL RESPONSES TO FAMILY VIOLENCE: BATTERERS AND THEIR VICTIMS 9. The Outcome of Participation in a Shelter-Sponsered Program for Men Who Batter Richard M. Tolman and Gauri Bhosley 10. Removal of the Perpetrator versus Removal of the Victim in Cases of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse Patricia Ryan, Bruce L. Warren, and Peggy Weincek 11. Perceptions of Verbal Aggression in Interspousal Violence Teresa Chandler Sabourin PART IV. LEGAL RESPONSES TO FAMILY VIOLENCE 12. Police Classification of Domestic-Violence Ca...
