Behind Closed Doors: Violence in the American Family

ISBN-13: 9781138519398 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 332 str.

Murray A. Straus; Richard J. Gelles; Suzanne K. Steinmetz

Opis

Based on the study of over 2,000 families, the authors provide insights into the phenomenon of violence and what causes Americans to inflict it on their family members. They explore the relationship between spousal abuse and child abuse as well as violence by children against their parents, and the causes and effects of verbal abuse.

Spis treści

I: The Issues; 1: Violence in the Home; II: The Violent Family; 2: The Marriage License as a Hitting License; 3: Spare the Rod?; 4: Kids Will Be Kids: Violence Between Brothers and Sisters; III: Social Patterns in Family Violence; 5: The Social Heredity of Family Violence; 6: Who Are the Violent Americans?; IV: Some Immediate Causes; 7: Marital Conflict and Marital Violence; 8: Violent Families: Children, Stress, and Power; V: The Future; 9: The Social Causes of Family Violence: Putting the Pieces Together; 10: Toward Reducing Family Violence: Band-Aids, Ambulances, and Solutions

O autorze

Murray A. Straus, Richard J. Gelles, Suzanne F. Steinmetz