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Assessment of family violence : a clinical and legal sourcebook

"Almost every mental health professional is faced with evaluating individuals and families involved in domestic violence, including child abuse and neglect, incest, battering, elder abuse, and psychological abuse. This resource is the only book exclusively devoted to the assessment of all types of family violence and explains how to determine if family violence is occurring."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©1999
Wiley, New York, ©1999
xiv, 436 pages ; 26 cm
9780471242567, 047124256X
40408894
Part I. 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 [and others]
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
Part II. Epidemiology
Epidemiology of Family Violence Involving Children / J. Haugaard
Epidemiology of Intimate Partner Violence and Other Family Violence Involving Adults / R. Bachman
Part III. Types of Family Violence
Child Physical Abuse / D. Hansen [and others]
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 [and others]
Psychological Maltreatment of Children / P. Berlin & J. Vondra
Psychological Maltreatment of Women / R. Tolman [and others]
Part IV. 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