Out of the Darkness: Contemporary Perspectives on Family Violence / Edition 1

by Glenda Kaufman Kantor, Jana L. Jasinski

Overview

Featuring cutting-edge information on family violence from the international arena, Out of the Darkness pulls together into one seminal volume the work of emerging scholars and key figures in the field. The book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary package of the newest generation of investigation and theory.

The contributors cover the latest: controversial topics; international studies; theory, methods, assessment and interventions; and ethical and cultural issues related to both child and partner abuse. Chapters address pressing questions such as: Is wife abuse declining? Are child homicides increasing? Does couple treatment work in violent marriages?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761907756
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/18/1997
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction - Glenda Kaufman Kantor and Jana L Jasinski
PART ONE: THE PREVALENCE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE
Change in Cultural Norms Approving Marital Violence from 1968 to 1994 - Murray A Straus, Glenda Kaufman Kantor and David W Moore
The Homicides of Children and Youth - David Finkelhor
A Developmental Perspective
An Examination of Physical Assault and Childhood Victimization:Histories within a National Probability Sample of Women - Terri L Weaver et al
PART TWO: CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Pandemic Outcomes - Evvie Becker-Lausen and Sharon Mallon-Kraft
The Intimacy Variable
Pornography and the Organization of Intra- and Extra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse - Catherine Itzin
A Conceptual Model
Black Mothers' Emotional and Behavioral Responses to the Sexual Abuse of Their Children - Claudia Bernard
Children's Exposure to Marital Aggression - Gayla Margolin and Richard S John
Direct and Mediated Effects
The Effects of Neglect on Academic Achievement and Disciplinary Problems - Kathleen A Kendall-Tackett and John Eckenrode
A Developmental Perspective
The Traumatic Events Screening Inventory - Jason H Edwards and Karen C Rogers
Assessing Trauma in Children
Measuring Physical and Psychological Maltreatment of Children with the Conflict Tactics Scales - Murray A Straus and Sherry L Hamby
Methodological Issues in Classifying Maltreatment - Heather N Taussig and Alan J Litrownik
An Examination of ‘Protective Issue' Children
PART THREE: WIFE ABUSE
Attitudes as Explanations for Aggression against Family Members - Sharon D Herzberger and Quentin H Rueckert
Woman Battering - Janice Joseph
A Comparative Analysis of Black and White Women
Surviving Abusive Dating Relationships - Karen H Rosen and Sandra M Stith
Processes of Leaving, Healing and Moving On
Social Predictors of Wife Assault Cessation - Etiony Aldarondo and Glenda Kaufman Kantor
Wife Abuse in Intact Couples - Pamela D Brown and K Daniel O'Leary
A Review of Couples Treatment Programs
Expanding Batterer Program Evaluation - Edward W Gondolf
Feminist Therapy for Battered Women - Maryse Rinfret-Raynor and Solange Cantin
An Assessment
Controlling Domestic Violence - Jo Ann L Miller and Amy C Krull
Victim Resources and Police Intervention
Collaboration between Researchers and Advocates - Edward W Gondolf, Kerstie Yllö and Jacquelyn Campbell
PART FOUR: ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN FAMILY VIOLENCE
Ethical Issues in Trauma Research - Elana Newman et al
The Evolution of an Empirical Model for Decision Making
Ethical Dimensions of Intervention with Violent Partners - Gilles Rondeau et al
Priorities in the Values and Beliefs of Practitioners
Conducting Ethical Cross-Cultural Research on Family Violence - Lisa Aronson Fontes