Preventing family violence
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Preventing family violence
（Wiley series in family psychology）
Wiley, c1997
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780471927716
Description
Turn to any newspaper and you can guarantee that there will be articles on many varied forms of abuse. Recent cases of child, elder and spouse abuse have all featured prominently in the media, and we have been made increasingly aware of the pressure that social workers are under when dealing with troubled families. This volume integrates our knowledge on the various forms of family violence to enhance an understanding of the cause of aggression in the family. It also makes clear the social and behavioural characteristics of families that are predisposed to violence from one generation to the next. The authors emphasize that effective prevention of aggression in the family involves early intervention to break the vicious cycle of violence once it has been identified. The book goes further than updating our present understanding of child abuse and other forms of family violence. It presents a practical framework for dealing with coercive family systems as a whole and practical approaches to breaking the cycle of family violence which involves all forms of abuse.
Table of Contents
- Definitions and outline
- 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
- reducing the cost of family violence.
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: pbk ISBN 9780471941408
Description
Some 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. Understanding family violence is the first step towards prevention. This book deals with the nature and causes of abuse within the family, with its prediction and assessment, and with methods for intervention and prevention. Reflecting the research evidence of cycles of violence and maltreatment, the book is organized as a progressive analysis of abuse of spouses, children, siblings, parents and family elders. The authors are both well known for their academic and professional work with families, and have written this book for professionals requiring a research- and evidence-based (rather than anecdotal) guide to the problems of family violence and to the best practice in related intervention work with families and couples. This book is published in the Wiley Series in Family Psychology edited by Neil Frude, University of Wales, Cardiff.
Table of Contents
What 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.
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