Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse

by Denise A. Hines, Kathleen Malley-Morrison, Kathleen M. Malley-Morrison, et al.

Book Overview

Family aggression - whether in form of physical violence or verbal abuse - has touched most of us in our lifetime. Most of us have witnessed it, experienced it, or used it at one point or another. In order for us to eliminate aggressive and abusive behaviors from relationships, we must be willing to confront our own experiences with these behaviors. Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse examines all types of family aggression. The book is designed to provoke readers into questioning assumptions, evaluating information, formulating hypotheses, and designing solutions to problems of family violence. Also considered uniquely in this text are the less understood and more controversial issues such as husband abuse, parent abuse, and gay//lesbian abuse.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761930868
• ISBN13: 9780761930860
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Family Violence in the US - must read

This text arrived just in time. Perfect condition with no writing inside. It was an interesting read as well ass depressing. A lot of useful statistics with vignettes.

a necessity

There are many textbooks that students sell back at the end of the quarter, but for me and many of my classmates this was not one of them. This book provided me with a much deeper understanding of domestic violence and helped me form a better understaning of how to deal with the issue professionally. This book is extremely informative and is a must-read for anyone in the mental health field.