Intimate Violence In Families - Brossura

Gelles, Richard J.; Cornell, Claire Pedrick

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0803922337 ISBN 13: 9780803922334

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1985

Riassunto

This text is designed to provide a basic overview of the subject of family violence. Gelles and Cornell stress the need for an understanding of the operation and function of the entire family system before effective counselling and treatment can be applied. This volume examines all aspects of family violence including child and spouse abuse, sibling violence, adolescent maltreatment, parent abuse. Its focus is on physical violence with its central characteristics of malevolence and intent to harm. However, the nature of the intended harm -- physical pain and suffering -- is seen to be unique. The authors feel that physical violence must be treated separately from other acts such as verbal abuse or neglect, in order to determine both the causes of and the solutions to family violence.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Richard J. Gelles received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of New Hampshire.  He is the Dean of The School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania and holds The Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence in the School of Social Work at the University of Pennsylvania.  He is the Director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Children’s Policy, Practice, and Research. His book, The Violent Home was the first systematic empirical investigation of family violence and continues to be highly influential.  He is the author or coauthor of 23 books and more than 100 articles and chapters on family violence.  His latest books are, The Book of David:  How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's Lives (Basic Books, 1996) and Intimate Violence in Families, Third Edition (Sage Publications, 1997).

Contenuti:

Violence Between Intimates
Historical Legacy -- Contemporary Approval The Youngest Victims
Violence Towards Children The Appropriate Victim
Women Hidden Victims
Siblings, Adolescents, Parents, and the Elderly Explaining Family Violence Prevention and Treatment
Society's Response and Responsibility

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0803922337
• ISBN 13: 9780803922334
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 213