Case Studies in Family Violence

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

• I. General Issues.- 1 Family Violence: A Clinical Overview.- 2 Social and Ecological Issues in Violence toward Children.- 3 The Ecology of Domestic Aggression toward Adult Victims.- 4 Legal Issues in Violence toward Children.- 5 Legal Issues in Violence toward Adults.- 6 Medical Issues with Child Victims of Family Violence.- 7 Medical Issues with Adult Victims of Family Violence.- II. Violence Toward Children.- 8 Child Physical Abuse.- 9 Child Neglect.- 10 Child Sexual Abuse.- 11 Incest.- 12 Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities.- 13 The Child Witness of Family Violence.- 14 Psychological and Emotional Abuse of Children.- III. Violence Toward Adults.- 15 Wife Battering.- 16 Psychological Maltreatment of Partners.- 17 Marital Rape.- 18 Intimate Partner Homicide.