Coping with Family Violence: Research and Policy Perspectives

by John T. Kirkpatrick, David Finkelhor, Gerald T. Hotaling

This volume takes a comprehensive look at the social responses to violence, making an important contribution to the literature on family violence research and policy. It first considers the meaning of family violence and the reasons why some victims do not accept help. The chapters then focus on social responses to the problems of family violence, including the growth of shelters and programmes for batterers, the changing response of the criminal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803927223
• ISBN13: 9780803927223
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.