Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction

Name: Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction
Brand: SAGE Publications Inc
SKU: 9781412981781
Price: 141.29 EUR
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By (author): Cindy L. Miller-Perrin Cram101 Textbook Reviews Ola W. Barnett Robin D. Perrin

The most comprehensive research-based text on family violence now more accessible and visually inviting than ever before

Streamlined and updated throughout with state-of-the-art information, this Third Edition of the authors bestselling book gives readers an accessible introduction to the methodology, etiology, prevalence, treatment, and prevention of family violence. Research from experts in the fields of psychology, sociology, criminology, and social welfare informs the books broad coverage of current viewpoints and debates within the field. Organized chronologically, chapters cover child physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; abused and abusive adolescents; courtship violence and date rape; spouse abuse, battered women, and batterers; and elder abuse.

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Weight: 1880g
Dimensions: 203 x 254mm
Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781614610083

About Cindy L. Miller-PerrinCram101 Textbook ReviewsOla W. BarnettRobin D. Perrin

Ola W. Barnett is a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Psychology at Pepperdine University Malibu California. She earned her undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Psychology at UCLA specializing in Learning. Her initial research centered on batterers and she later studied battered women and dating violence. She has coauthored two best-selling Sage books (with Alyce D. LaViolette) on why battered women stay with abusive partners. These books provide a scientific explanation grounded in learning theory for understanding the obstacles battered women face in trying to break free. She remains active in the field of family violence by reviewing articles for a large number of journals and performing as an external grant reviewer for a few organizations. She serves on the editorial board of the new journal Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. She also continues research on the impact of transitional housing on the lives of battered women. Robin D. Perrin is currently Professor of Sociology at Pepperdine University in Malibu California. His research interests and publications are in the areas of interpersonal violence deviance theory the social construction of social problems and the sociology of religion. He is the coauthor of three books: Social Deviance: Being Behaving and Branding (with D. Ward & T. Carter 1991) Child Maltreatment: An Introduction (with C. Miller-Perrin Sage 1999; 2007) and Family Violence Across the Lifespan (with O. Barnett & C. Miller-Perrin Sage 1997 2005; 2011). He is the author or coauthor of numerous articles on a variety of topics related to religion deviance and interpersonal violence. He is the recipient of the 2004 Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence. He received his doctorate in sociology from Washington State University in 1989. Following his doctoral studies he was Assistant Professor of Sociology at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle Washington.