The Social Dynamics of Family Violence
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- Synopsis
- Hattery (sociology, George Mason U.) and Smith (sociology and American ethnic studies, Wake Forest U.) introduce sociology students to family violence in the US throughout the life cycle, with specific focus on its social character and institutional causes. They discuss physical and sexual child abuse, elder abuse, intimate partner violence, and violence in subgroups like gay and lesbian families and military families, and provide theoretical frameworks and methods used to study it. They address the role of social institutions and structures like the economy and religion and explore variations across family groups, including differences in race and ethnicity, social class, and sexuality, and prevention and avoidance strategies, and criminal justice, social service, and legal responses. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Copyright:
- 1975
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780813345628
- Publisher:
- Westview Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/19/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Westview Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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