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Significantly updated in this edition, this book discusses many family violence issues in a comprehensive and easy to understand format. Chapters begin with scenarios and include case studies, in-depth feature boxes and current events that connect difficult topics to real life situations.
This book contains a robust supplement package, new internet-based chapter exercises and end-of-chapter questions that address the changes in family violence, practice, policy and research. Some examples of new content include:
-A new chapter on Violence Against Women Around the World
-Section on research and sources of family violence data
-Two chapters on child abuse
-Chapter on adolescent perpetrators
-Chapter on gay and lesbian partner abuse
-Internet-based exercises
Heavy Hands is an ideal resource for individuals interested in the field of criminal justice, criminology, or sociology.
| Global Violence Against Women | |
| History of Violence in the Family | |
| Research and Theory on Family Violence | |
| Child Abuse | |
| Investigating Child Abuse | |
| Adolescent Perpetrators | |
| Intimate Partner Violence | |
| Gay and Lesbian Partner Abuse | |
| Abuse in Later Life | |
| Adult Perpetrators | |
| The Police Response to IPV | |
| Adult Stalking and Homicide | |
| The Court Response to IPV | |
| Research on the Internet | |
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