Description
Book SynopsisSome families are dangerous environments. Most practitioners in social work, child protection, and hospital and community medicine, as well as the police, will know from their professional experience the extent of spouse abuse, child abuse, sibling violence and maltreatment of the elderly within the family setting.
Table of ContentsWhat is Family Violence?
Forms of Family Violence and Levels of Prevention.
Causes of Family Violence.
Coercive Family Relationships.
Predicting Spouse Maltreatment.
Preventing Spouse Maltreatment.
Predicting and Preventing Child Maltreatment.
Treating Parents Who Abuse and Neglect Their Children.
Predicting Sibling Abuse.
Predicting and Preventing Parent Abuse.
Predicting and Preventing Elder Maltreatment.
Preventing the Cycle of Violence.
Working With Violent Families.
The Cost of Domestic Violence.
References.
Indexes.
