1st Edition
Behind Closed Doors Violence in the American Family
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
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The marriage license as a hitting license, child abuse, sibling war is the powerful message of "Behind Closed Doors". The book is grounded in the unprecedented national survey of the extent, patterns, and causes of violence in the American family. Based on a seven-year study of over 2,000 families, the authors provide landmark insights into this phenomenon of violence and what causes Americans to... Read more
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
Biography
Murray A. Straus, Richard J. Gelles, Suzanne F. Steinmetz
