Case Studies in Family Violence

Contributors. Preface. Part I: General Issues. 1. Family Violence: A Clinical Overview; R.T. Ammerman, M. Hersen. 2. Social and Ecological Issues in Violence toward Children; R.L. Burgess, et al. 3. The Ecology of Domestic Aggression toward adult Victims; A. Rosenbaum, et al. 4. Legal Issues in Violence toward Children; B.K. Mac Murray, B.A. Carson. 5. Legal Issues in Violence toward Adults; L.G. Lerman, N.R. Cahn. 6. Medical Issues with Child Victims of Family Violence; S.E. Briggs. 7. Medical Issues with Adult Victims of Family Violence; R.L. Judd. Part II: Violence Toward Children. 8. Child Physical Abuse; R.K. Oates, et al. 9. Child Neglect; A.H. Green. 10. Child Sexual Abuse; D.J. Kolko, E.J. Brown. 11. Incest; J.A. Cohen, A.P. Mannarino. 12. Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities; R.T. Ammerman, et al. 13. The Child Witness of Family Violence; M.S. Rosenberg, et al. 14. Psychological and Emotional Abuse of Children; M.R. Brassard, et al. Part III: Violence Toward Adults. 15. Wife Battering; M.A. Dutton, et al. 16. Psychological Maltreatment of Partners; A.H. Schwartz, et al. 17. Marital Rape; H.S. Resnick, et al. 18. Intimate Partner Homicide; D.G. Saunders, A. Browne. Index.

From reviews of the First Edition:
`[Elucidates] the complex and multidisciplinary clinical issues encountered in treating family violence through the investigation of individual case examples of the different forms of family violence.'
Adolescence
`Ammerman and Hersen address the expanse of types of family violence. ... [O]ne of the few books that can be used by a wide range of readers including lawyers, physicians, mental health professionals, and educators...[and o]f great value to team efforts to prevent, identify, and treat family violence.... The chapters taken together form a powerful picture of the pervasiveness of domestic mistreatment today...'
Contemporary Psychology