Social Work and Family Violence: Theories, Assessment, and Intervention

by Amanda M. Keys, Joan McClennen, Michele Day

Book Overview

To competently serve families, social work students must understand the theories and issues surrounding family violence. This innovative textbook comprehensively discusses three types of family violence: child abuse and maltreatment, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse.

Discussions on assessments and interventions are provided for the adult victims of family violence, adult survivors of child abuse, child witnesses of domestic violence,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826111327
• ISBN13: 9780826111326
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.0"