Assessment of Family Violence: A Clinical and Legal Sourcebook

This book discusses current issues in the Assessment of Family Violence: An Update, as well as special issues, including child Witnesses of Domestic Violence, Epidemiology of Intimate Partner Violence and Other Family Violence Involving Adults, and legal and systems issues.

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GENERAL ISSUES. Current Issues in the Assessment of Family Violence: An Update (R. Ammerman & M. Hersen). Clinical Issues in the Assessment of Family Violence Involving Children (J. Fantuzzo, et al.). Clinical Issues in the Assessment of Partner Violence (K. O'Leary & C. Murphy). Legal and Systems Issues in the Assessment of Family Violence Involving Children (S. Azar & C. Soysa). Legal and Systems Issues in the Assessment of Family Violence Involving Adults (R. Thyfault). EPIDEMIOLOGY. Epidemiology of Family Violence Involving Children (J. Haugaard). Epidemiology of Intimate Partner Violence and Other Family Violence Involving Adults (R. Bachman). TYPES OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. Child Physical Abuse (D. Hansen, et al.). Child Neglect (R. Gershater--Molko & J. Lutzker). Incest in Young Children (L. Damon & J. Card). Extrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse (S. McLeer & M. Rose). Woman Battering (D. Saunders). Elder Abuse and Neglect (R. Adelman, et al.). Psychological Maltreatment of Children (P. Berlin & J. Vondra). Psychological Maltreatment of Women (R. Tolman, et al.). SPECIAL ISSUES. Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence (M. Sudermann & P. Jaffe). Adolescent Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse (W. Murphy & I. Page). Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse (S. Gold & L. Brown). Indexes.