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| 278 pages |
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AEI Press
(Washington)
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| Publication Date: August 1990 |
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| Hardcover |
| ISBN: 0844737070 |
| Price: $ 34.00 |
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Family violence--against spouses, children, and other relatives--is a serious national problem. Each year hundreds of thousands of wives are abused by their husbands; more than a million children suffer from various forms of physical, sexual, and emotional maltreatment.
Despite its severity, little is known about this tragedy. The ability to prevent or treat such behavior is rudimentary at best. Research on the incidence and etiology of family violence and on effective means of intervention are indispensable to protect its victims.
This book, a conference volume compiled by scholars and federal offices, examines family violence and the quality of research contributed to the field thus far.
Douglas J. Besharov is the Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar at AEI.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Contributors
- Qualitative Research on Spouse Abuse
- Methodological Issues and New Directions for Research on Violence in Relationships
- Implications of Biases in Sampling Techniques for Child Abuse Research and Policy
- Improved Research on Child Abuse and Neglect through Better Definitions
- Contributions of Research to Criminal Justice Policy on Wife Assault
- Alternative Analytical Paradigms for Conducting Policy-Oriented Research
- Asking the Right Questions about the Future of Marital Violence Research
- How Theoretical Definitions and Perspectioves Affect Research and Policy
- Judging the Success of Interventions with Men Who Batter
- Issues in Developing a Research Agenda for Child Abuse
- Differences among States in Child Abuse Rates and Programs
- Is Violence Preventable?
- How Research Makes a Difference to Policy and Practice
- The Effects of Research on Legal Policy in the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment
- The View from the National Institute of Justice
Afterword
Notes
Figures
Tables
