Abused and Battered: Social and Legal Responses to Family Violence

by Knudsen,Dean

• ISBN13: 9780202304144
• ISBN10: 0202304140
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1991-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

That family violence injures and kills its victims both physically and psychologically was established over two decades ago by early researchers in this field. Abused and Battered heralds the second generation of domestic abuse research: it examines the implications of the legal and social responses to both victims and offenders by systematically addressing the intended and unintended consequences of programs and procedures designed to ameliorate the effects of spousal and child abuse.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Some Fundamental Issues	p. xi
Conceptualization and Empirical Study
Family Violence Research: Some Basic and Applied Questions	p. 5
Physical Violence in American Families: Incidence Rates, Causes, and Trends	p. 17
Public-Health Conceptions of Family Abuse	p. 35
Variations in Defining Family Mistreatment: A Community Survey	p. 49
Criminal-Justice Processing of Violent and Nonviolent Offenders: The Effects of Familial Relationship to the Victim	p. 63
Effects of Victimization
An Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse and Consequent Victimization: Some Implications of Telephone Surveys	p. 79
The Mixed Roles of Social Support and Social Obstruction in Recovery from Child Abuse	p. 89
The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Battered-Woman Syndrome	p. 101
Social Responses to Family Violence: Batterers and Their Victims
The Outcome of Participation in a Shelter-Sponsored Program for Men Who Batter	p. 113
Removal of the Perpetrator versus Removal of the Victim in Cases of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse	p. 123
Perceptions of Verbal Aggression in Interspousal Violence	p. 135
Legal Responses to Family Violence
Police Classification of Domestic-Violence Calls: An Assessment of Program Impact	p. 147
Legal Responses of Prosecutors to Child Sexual Abuse: A Case Comparison of Two Countries	p. 153
Family Violence and the Courts: Implementing a Comprehensive New Law	p. 167
Improving the Investigation and Prosecution of Child Sexual-Abuse Cases: Research Findings, Questions, and Implications for Public Policy	p. 181
Preventing and Provoking Wife Battery through Criminal Sanctions: A Look at the Risks	p. 191
References	p. 211
Index	p. 231
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