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Assessment of family violence : a clinical and legal sourcebook / edited by Robert T. Ammerman and Michel Hersen.

Title
Assessment of family violence : a clinical and legal sourcebook / edited by Robert T. Ammerman and Michel Hersen.
Publication
New York : John Wiley, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Ammerman, Robert T.
  • Hersen, Michel.
Description
xiv, 436 p.; 26 cm.
Summary
"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.
Subject
  • Spouse Abuse > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Family
  • Child Abuse > legislation & jurisprudence
  • Family violence > Law and legislation > United States
  • Family violence
  • Child Abuse > legislation & jurisprudence > United States
  • Family > United States
  • Spouse Abuse > legislation & jurisprudence > United States
  • Nuclear Family
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
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.
ISBN
047124256X (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^98053412^
OCLC
40408894
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library