Full Description
Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships provides current and complete coverage of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse that occurs within intimate relationships. Authors Cindy L. Miller-Perrin and Robin D. Perrin, co-authors of SAGE's best-selling Family Violence Across the Life, Third Edition, have created a streamlined organizational framework in Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships which presents information to students in an accessible manner. In this new book, Miller-Perrin and Perrin have teamed up with renowned researcher Claire M. Renzetti, who draws on her extensive work on violence against women. The book offers both a sociological and psychological focus, examining traditional areas of interpersonal violence as well as forms of intimate abuse outside the family, and concludes with a call for appropriate social, legal, policy, and personal responses to address the problem of abuse in intimate relationships.
Contents
List of AbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsChapter 1 History and Definitions of Intimate Violence and MaltreatmentIntroductionEstimating the Scope of the ProblemIntimate Violence and Maltreatment as a Social ConstructionThe Discovery of Childhood and the Recognition of Child AbuseThe Women's Rights Movement, the Rise of Feminism, and the Recognition of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)Other Sometimes Forgotten VictimsDefining Intimate Violence and MaltreatmentSocial Policy: Prevention and InterventionChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 2 Methods and Perspectives in VMIRAn Explanatory ContextMeasurement Issues: The Funnel MetaphorImportant Data Sets and Self-Report Survey InstrumentsMethodological Issues: Conducting Better ResearchChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 3 Child Physical AbuseCase History: Kevin Fell Off His RazorScope of the ProblemRisk Factors Associated With Child Physical AbuseConsequences Associated With Child Physical AbuseIntervention and Prevention of Child Physical AbuseChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 4 Child Sexual AbuseCase History: Sashim's SecretScope of the ProblemRisk Factors Associated With Child Sexual AbuseConsequences Associated With Child Sexual AbuseIntervention and Prevention of Child Sexual AbuseChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 5 Child NeglectCase History: Will and Mark: "Where Are the Parents?"Scope of the ProblemRisk Factors Associated With Child NeglectConsequences Associated With Child NeglectIntervention and Prevention of Child NeglectChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 6 Child Psychological MaltreatmentCase History: Tough Love or Child Psychological Maltreatment?Scope of the ProblemRisk Factors Associated With Child Psychological MaltreatmentConsequences Associated With Child Psychological MaltreatmentIntervention and Prevention of Child Psychological MaltreatmentChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 7 Abuse in Adolescent and Emerging Adult Relationships: Peer Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and StalkingCase History: Troy "Likes" TonyaPeer Sexual HarassmentRape and Sexual AssaultTeen Dating Violence and StalkingChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 8 Intimate Partner Abuse in Adult Relationships: Focusing on VictimsCase History: Shelby and Marcus: A Deadly OutcomeScope of the ProblemRisk Factors Associated With IPV VictimizationConsequences of IPV for VictimsInterventions and Prevention of IPV Focusing on VictimsChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 9 Intimate Partner Abuse in Adult Relationships: Focusing on PerpetratorsCase History: Maria and Victor: "I Am Not a Batterer!"Scope of the ProblemRisk Factors Associated With IPV PerpetrationIntervention and Prevention of IPV PerpetrationChapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 10 Intimate Abuse of People With Disabilities and the ElderlyIntimate Abuse of People With DisabilitiesCase History: Julie's DilemmaIntimate Abuse of the ElderlyCase History: Marjorie Becomes a Parent Again at Age 68Chapter SummaryRecommended ResourcesChapter 11 Societal Responses to VMIR: Some Concluding ThoughtsVMIR Rates Are Declining!What Do We Value?What Can We Do?Chapter SummaryGlossaryReferencesIndex
